Recent Examples on the WebThe doctor then replaces the ruler’s missing arm with a swineherd’s. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 So do the breezy complacency of Menelaus, the innocence of Nausicaa, the gruff decency of the swineherd Eumaeus. Gregory Hays, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of swineherd was before the 12th century