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- noun Plural form of
shepherdess .
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Examples
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Polish female dancer has something which recalls the shepherdesses created by the imagination of the poets; if the former charms us, the latter attaches us.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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For a few minutes, while I sit at my table taking in the surroundings – crystal chandeliers, oil paintings of pink-cheeked shepherdesses, a small footstool placed underneath my handbag by an attentive waiter – I struggle to work out what these marks might signify.
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Late 19th-century French painters like William-Adolphe Bouguereau were also very good at painting daft shepherdesses and emaciated waifs, often fetching water or rounding up wayward farm animals.
Three Tips for Surviving the Art Museum Joe Queenan 2011
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They are followed by other children protraying angels, the Santos Reyes (Three Kings), and a host of pastores y pastoras (shepherds and shepherdesses), all usually decked out in colorful handmade costumes and carrying brightly decorated báculos (walking staffs) or faroles (paper lanterns).
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Around the corner and along a narrow passage we came to a wall hanging painted with a pastoral scene of sheep and shepherdesses.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Around the corner and along a narrow passage we came to a wall hanging painted with a pastoral scene of sheep and shepherdesses.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Around the corner and along a narrow passage we came to a wall hanging painted with a pastoral scene of sheep and shepherdesses.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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This is a part for sweet shepherdesses in the traditional ballet.
'Hard Nut' a holiday chestnut, joyously cracked and spiced Sarah Kaufman 2010
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They are followed by other children protraying angels, the Santos Reyes (Three Kings), and a host of pastores y pastoras (shepherds and shepherdesses), all usually decked out in colorful handmade costumes and carrying brightly decorated báculos (walking staffs) or faroles (paper lanterns).
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Around the corner and along a narrow passage we came to a wall hanging painted with a pastoral scene of sheep and shepherdesses.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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