shepherd

One who herds, guards, and tends sheep.

One who cares for and guides a group of people, as a minister or teacher.

A German shepherd.

To herd or tend as a shepherd. synonym: guide.

To guide or lead on a course.

To direct or instruct in a certain manner.

A man who herds, tends, and guards sheep in pasture; a pastor.

To tend or guide as a shepherd.

To attend or wait on; gallant.

To watch over, as a mining claim, and establish a right to it by doing a certain-amount of work on it: said especially of digging small pits in the neighborhood of a rich deposit of gold; hence, to attend or hang about (a person) on the chance of getting something out of him.