swineherd
Keeper of hogs
A swineherd is a person who tends pigs.
The word belongs to an old pattern of forming occupational names—goatherd, cowherd, shepherd—and appears mainly in fairy tales, historical fiction, and biblical contexts: The swineherd drove his pigs to market.
In modern usage, the job exists but the title doesn't.
Idyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
- idyllTranquil rural tableau
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
countryside · meadows · pastures · verdant · sylvan · groves · hedgerow · hamlet
Keeper of caprines
- droverOne who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- milkmaidFemale dairy worker
herder · tender · grazier · rancher · cowboy · vaquero · gaucho · buckaroo
Epic of homecoming
- prodigalRashly wasteful spender
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- GrimmFolklorist brothers' surname
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
lowborn · disguise · loyalty · transformation · rags-to-riches
hog
Swine, or monopolize
piggery · sty · snout · trotter · bristle · tusks · rooting · grunting · oink · swill
bucolic
Idyllically rural
agrarian · countryside · meadows · pastures · verdant · sylvan · groves · hedgerow · hamlet · grange
goatherd
Keeper of caprines
milkmaid · herder · tender · grazier · rancher · cowboy · vaquero · gaucho · buckaroo · wrangler
Odyssey
Epic of homecoming
- prodigalRashly wasteful spender
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- GrimmFolklorist brothers' surname
humility · lowborn · disguise · loyalty · transformation · rags-to-riches
- Andersen TalesThe Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Wild Swans, The Nightingale
- animal workersveterinarian, vet, animal trainer, pet groomer, zookeeper
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- livestock workerscowboy, rancher, cattleman, cowhand, goatherd
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, farmhand, dairyman, dairy farmer