herdsman
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈhɜrdzˌmæn/
:
pastor
- In his Shepherd's Calendar, Spenser talked of the herdsman's "oaten pipe."
- Bootes the Herdsman
- Herdsman Awards
- chief herdsman
You'd have millionaires next to, you know, sheep, herdsmen, and they would be debating the issues of the day.
- You'd have millionaires next to, you know, sheep, herdsmen, and they would be debating the issues of the day.
- Nietzsche summarizes in saying no herdsmen and one herd.
Examples
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For example, in the second encounter with the herdsman, the three main characters learn that his land and cattle have been destroyed by an invading force.
Academic text (1997) -
- Well, he's a farmer, I'm a herdsman.
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"You have never been there," the herdsman apparently said.
Fiction book (1999) -
But the herdsman had not yet come.
Fiction book (1992) -
I will entrust this to the herdsman.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here is the way Virgil's herdsman puts his flock away for the night:
Academic text (1998) -
The quest for the key leads the three characters to several people and places: a blacksmith, a bride, a well, a herdsman, and an orchard—each one leading them to the next.
Academic text (1997) -
A she-wolf found the twins by the banks of the Tiber River and suckled them before Faustulus, the king's herdsman, took them home and raised them.
Academic text (2004) -
The herdsman guided the cattle to the pasture every morning.
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As a herdsman, he spent long hours watching over the sheep in the field.
Synonyms
458
1.8
A person who looks after cattle, often riding horses
93
1.9
A person who looks after and guides sheep on open land
15
3.7
A person who looks after and moves animals like sheep or cattle
15
9.4
A person who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another
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9.1
A person who works on a ranch and looks after cattle, often on a horse
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6.5
A person who cares for and raises farm animals like cattle or sheep
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4.6
A person who cares for cattle and works on a ranch, often riding a horse
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4.2
A person who raises and looks after cattle on a farm or ranch
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5.6
A person who looks after sheep on open land
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6.8
A person who looks after cows, often riding a horse on a farm
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7.4
A person who raises and looks after grazing animals like cattle or sheep
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5.5
A person who looks after cows on a farm or ranch, often riding a horse
A person who looks after a group of animals like cows or sheep
A person who looks after farm animals like cows and sheep
A man who raises and cares for sheep
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word herdsman comes from the simple parts herd and man; herd means 'a group of animals' and man means 'a person', so a herdsman is literally a person who looks after and guides a herd of animals.