shepherd

person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep
Intangible profession Q81710
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shepherd

Summary

shepherd is a profession[1]. shepherd ranks in the top 6% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,052 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • shepherd's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • shepherd is a type of herder[4].
  • shepherd's Commons category is recorded as Shepherds[5].
  • shepherd's field of this occupation is recorded as sheep farming[6].
  • shepherd's field of this occupation is recorded as sheep herding[7].
  • shepherd's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shepherds[8].
  • shepherd's product or material produced is recorded as sheep[9].
  • shepherd's depicted by is recorded as Sheperd[10].
  • shepherd's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11].
  • shepherd's uses is recorded as shepherd dog[12].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'غنامة'}[13].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': "pastora d'ovelles"}[14].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schäferin'}[15].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'ŝafistino'}[16].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ovejera'}[17].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'bergère'}[18].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'רועת צאן'}[19].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'wowčerka'}[20].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'pastora'}[21].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pastirica'}[22].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'pastora de ovelhas'}[23].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'pastora de ovellas'}[24].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'oc', 'text': 'pastora'}[25].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'oc', 'text': 'pastressa'}[26].
  • shepherd's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'oc', 'text': 'pastorela'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

shepherd's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. shepherd is a type of herder[4].

Influence

Things named for shepherd include Berger[28], a family name[29]; Schaefer[30], a family name[31]; Shepherd[32], a family name[33]; Chupan Chapel[34], a chapel[35], in Iran[36]; and Schafer[37], a family name[38].

Why It Matters

shepherd ranks in the top 6% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,052 views/month).[2] shepherd has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] shepherd is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for shepherd include Berger[28], a family name[29]; Schaefer[30], a family name[31]; Shepherd[32], a family name[33]; Chupan Chapel[34], a chapel[35], in Iran[36]; and Schafer[37], a family name[38].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q125396261. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q125396261. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q125396261. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 47m ago · Jheald · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses shepherd dog
    Instance of
    Subclass of herder
    Aliases
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4652]]: 2a1190f0-14d5-4ce4-ade0-ef726a1887a0, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/29241931|shepherd (#29241931)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7"
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