Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A herdsman; in the United States, one employed in the care of a herd of beef-cattle or a flock of sheep.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A herdsman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
herds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who drives a herd
- noun German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
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Examples
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They were found with the help of a sheep herder from the region.
May 2007 2007
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The boys could not be angry at that, she knew, because the greatest disgrace that can befall a herder is the losing of his flock, and for boys so big as these to go back to the sæter without any animals would be especially humiliating.
Lisbeth Longfrock Hans Aanrud 1908
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The mistress was not willing that even the herder should be a boy.
Lisbeth Longfrock Hans Aanrud 1908
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At first I thought "herder" it was another name for a cat wrangler, someone who handles trained Hollywood cats.
Blisstree 2009
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Local authorities appear to have quelled the protests, which erupted last week after a Mongolian herder was killed by a coal truck driven by a member of China's dominant Han ethnic group as a group of herders sought to block a convoy from crossing pastureland.
China Says Foreigners Fuel Unrest in Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011
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He was inspired by a place called Buddha Park, and also his elephant-herder grandfather.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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One of our drivers, soon to be assistant camp director, Million, shot a video of this young man doing the traditional goat herder dance and it was as if he were Ethiopian himself.
Dr. Jane Aronson: Ethiopian Orphans Are Growing Up With a World of Possibilities Dr. Jane Aronson 2011
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Humans got assistance in hunting and hauling, a camp guard and defender, a herder, as well as a companion.
Domesticating Man's Best Friend: How The Dog Became A Dog 2011
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Local Mongols blocked a road to stop coal haulers driving over their grazing lands but one herder was struck and killed by a truck.
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One of our drivers, soon to be assistant camp director, Million, shot a video of this young man doing the traditional goat herder dance and it was as if he were Ethiopian himself.
Dr. Jane Aronson: Ethiopian Orphans Are Growing Up With a World of Possibilities Dr. Jane Aronson 2011
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