Hyphenation of shepherd

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shepherd ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

shep-herd

Definitions of shepherd :

1.	A clergyman who watches over a group of people
2.	A herder of sheep (on an open range) Someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
3.	Watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
4.	Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

Synonyms of shepherd :

noun	clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
noun	sheepherder, sheepman, herder, herdsman, drover
verb	guard, ward
verb	tend

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.