>[**sheep**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheep) *noun, often attributive*: 

>**1**: any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male; specifically:  one (O. aries) long domesticated especially for its flesh and wool 

>**2a**: a timid defenseless creature 

>**2b**: **a timid docile person; especially:  one easily influenced or led** (Merriam-Webster *online*)