Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who herds sheep, especially on an open range; a shepherd.
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- noun A person who
herds sheep ; ashepherd .
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- noun a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Etymologies
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Examples
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A bedouin sheepherder can do this without the need for the scientific method or a testable hypothesis.
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Well, she had called him "sheepherder" a few times.
The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992
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Its the pretense that everyone in Gitmo is an innocent sheepherder until proven otherwise in a court of law that I reject.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Other luminaries had suggested that Yosemite was formed out of a geologic cataclysm, but in the end it was Muir, considered to be "a mere sheepherder and ignoramus," who proved to be right.
John Muir 2010
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Its the pretense that everyone in Gitmo is an innocent sheepherder until proven otherwise in a court of law that I reject.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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The Sundowners (1960) - In this, Kerr's second outing with Robert Mitchum, drifting sheepherder Paddy Carmody (Mitchum) is content to roam the Australian countryside with wife Ida (Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Anderson Jr.).
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to: A Tribute to Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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What was the most frightening or surprising thing you encountered as a young sheepherder in the Big Horn Basin?
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The Sundowners (1960) - In this, Kerr's second outing with Robert Mitchum, drifting sheepherder Paddy Carmody (Mitchum) is content to roam the Australian countryside with wife Ida (Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Anderson Jr.).
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To: A Tribute To Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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The only thing she has going for her is she's not bad looking and she's a good sheepherder.
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The Sundowners (1960) - In this, Kerr's second outing with Robert Mitchum, drifting sheepherder Paddy Carmody (Mitchum) is content to roam the Australian countryside with wife Ida (Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Anderson Jr.).
John Farr: They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To: A Tribute To Deborah Kerr John Farr 2010
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