sheep
noun
2.
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
3.
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
- “his students followed him like sheep”
Phrases
- Barbary sheep
- bighorn sheep
- Bizet sheep
- black sheep
- blue sheep
- count sheep
- Dall sheep
- Dall's sheep
- shy person
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