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Meaning of shepherd king | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. In the ancient Middle East, a man or mythic figure who was both a shepherd and a king.
  2. One of the Hyksos, kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC).

Equivalents

Svenska herdekonung

Examples

“The marriage of the goddess to the shepherd makes him the shepherd-king; Heaven and earth are wed in their embrace.”
“The dark days of the "Shepherd" or "Hyksos" kings, that were to the imagination of later Egypt what the Babylonian Captivity was to the Jews, or the Danish Terror to early England.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shepherd kings shepherd moon shepherd satellite shepherd spider shepherd tree Shepherd's Bush

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