Shepherd (disambiguation)

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The word shepherd has a number of uses:

• A shepherd is someone or something who takes care of sheep, usually in flocks in the fields.
• A sheepdog.
• A metaphorical term for a (usually Christian) pastor, based on the concept of Jesus as the "shepherd" of the Christian "flock."
• In some forms of football, such as Australian rules football shepherding refers to an act which prevents another player from taking possession of the ball or guides them away from the ball.
• In law, a Shepard's Citations is a list of all the authorities cited by a particular case.

Shepherd is the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Shepherd, Michigan
• Shepherd, Montana
• Shepherd, Texas

There are place names that include Shepherd, such as:

• Shepherdsville, Kentucky
• Several places named Shepherdstown
• Shepherd's Bush in London
• Shepherd, Vanuatu

Shepherd University, located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, is also referred to as Shepherd.

Some well-known people have the name Shepherd, including:

• Cybill Shepherd, the actress
• Dolly Shepherd, the hot-air balloon trapeze artist
• Jean Shepherd, American radio personality and writer
• Joel Shepherd, the writer
• Mark Shepherd, disambiguation
• Thomas H. Shepherd, seventeenth century British architectural artist

See also List of people by name: She#Shep.

Also is a verb in the context of Australian Rules Football.

• To shepherd someone is to turn your back toward an on-coming opponent to block them from tackling one of your teammates.

Other occurrences of shepherd:

• The Shepherd Neame brewery
• A shepherd satellite, a type of moon
• The Shepherd of Hermas, an early Christian document
• Shepherd's pie, a food dish made with meat and mashed potato
• Shepherds' Crusade, two medieval uprisings

[edit] See also

• Shepard