pastor

noun

A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.

noun

A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.

noun

A shepherd.

transitive verb

To serve or act as pastor of.

noun

A fish, Nomeus gronovii, which lives in the tropical parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and swims near the surface in rather deep water. It is often found among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.

To shepherd, literally or figuratively.

noun

One who has the care of a flock or herd; a herdsman; especially, a shepherd.

noun

A minister or clergyman installed according to the usages of some Christian denomination in charge of a specific church or body of churches.

noun

[capitalized] [NL.] A genus of sturnoid passerine birds having the head crested and the plumage in part rosecolored, as P. roseus of Europe; the rosestarlings: so named from association with cattle, like cow-bird, etc. Also called Thremmaphilus, Gracula, and by other names.

noun

A bird of this genus.