bergère
- noun
- /bɛrˈʒɛr/
- Archaic
- A painted bergère appears in many scenes of eighteenth-century French art.
- Folies-Bergère
Examples
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The bergère led her flock to the green pastures.
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In the story, the bergère sang sweetly to the sheep.
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In the old tale, a young bergère guided her flock through the misty hills.
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The poet described a gentle bergère resting beneath a willow tree.
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The bergère watched over her flock as they grazed peacefully on the hillside.
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As the sun set, the bergère called her sheep back to the safety of the barn.
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In the story, the bergère sang a beautiful song to soothe her flock at dusk.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who looks after and moves animals like sheep or cattle
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5.6
A person who looks after sheep on open land
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6.5
A woman who looks after sheep
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7.1
A woman who looks after a group of farm animals like sheep or cattle
A woman who looks after sheep in fields
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bergère comes from the French word berger, which means 'shepherd', with a feminine ending for a woman. So a bergère is a woman who looks after sheep, in other words a 'shepherdess'.