1. A female shepherd; a rural lass.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• shephereds,
• sheperdess,
• shepherder,
• ahepherdess,
• zhepherdess,
• xhepherdess,
• dhepherdess,
• ehepherdess,
• whepherdess,
• sgepherdess,
• sbepherdess,
• snepherdess,
• sjepherdess,
• suepherdess,
• shephardess,
• shepherders,
• shepheardess,
• sheperdism,
• shepperders,
• shepardess

• sheepherder,
• Sheppard,
• Shepperd,
• shepherd dog,
• shepheard,
• Shepardson,
• shoebird,
• shepherd,
• Shephard,
• shipyard,
• shepherd's pie.

The adjective form of the word "shepherdess" is "shepherdess". The word can function as both a noun and an adjective.

The plural of the "shepherdess" can be the "shepherdesses".

The singular of the "shepherdess" can be the "shepherdess".