swineherds
Those minding pigs
Swineherds are people who tend pigs.
The word is archaic in most contexts, surviving mainly in fairy tales and historical fiction: The swineherd drove his charges to the forest to forage for acorns.
Like shepherd and goatherd, it names an occupation that once was common but now rarely requires naming.
Livestock caretaker
- tenderSoft or sore
- droverOne who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
villager · rustic · caretaker · farmhand · husbandman · yokel · medieval · serf
sow
Implant in earth
sty · trotter · snout · bristle · grunting · swill · drove · litter · fattening · slop
herder
Livestock caretaker
peasant · villager · rustic · caretaker · farmhand · husbandman · yokel · medieval · serf · laborer
bucolic
Idyllically rural
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
meadows · rustic · idyll · sylvan · verdure · groves · hamlet · village · woodlands · commons
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
prodigal son · Homer · Odyssey · folklore · fairytale · Hans Christian Andersen · Grimm · serfdom · tithe · commons
- pastoral lifeshepherds, shepherding, herders, herding, herdsmen
- Herding Peoplespastoralists, herders, nomads, herdsmen, shepherds
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
swineherdsshepherds
Those who tend flocks
goatherds · cattle ranchers · cowherds · horsemen · falconers
swineherdsaristocrats
Hereditary ruling class
lords · kings · landowners · princes · gentry