Shepard meaning

UK US /ˈʃɛpɚd/ 2 syllables

Shepard (noun): United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943).

Shepard has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

Shepard as a noun

  1. United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)

    Synonyms: Sam Shepard

    Type of: dramatist

  2. astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)

    Synonyms: Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.

    Type of: astronaut

How to pronounce Shepard

Shepard is pronounced /ˈʃɛpɚd/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

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