Home › Words › H › hogherdhogherdhogherd means A person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.EtymologyFrom Middle English hoggeherde; equivalent to hog + herd.nounA person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.swineherder 81% match — One who herds swine. vs hogherd →swineherd 80% match — A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs). vs hogherd →hogward 76% match — A swineherd. vs hogherd →herdgroom 73% match — A herdsman. vs hogherd →goatherd 70% match — A person who herds, tends goats. vs hogherd →horseherd 69% match — A person who tends to horses. vs hogherd →herdsperson 68% match — A herder; a herdswoman or herdman vs hogherd →goatherder 67% match — A herder of goats. vs hogherd →