herdsman
Americannoun
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herdsmen
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a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
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Astronomy. Herdsman, the constellation Boötes.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of herdsman
First recorded in 1595–1605; herd 1 + 's 1 + -man; compare earlier herdman, Middle English hird-man, Old English hyrdemann
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Now at 31, he is the herdsman and co-manages the dairy farm alongside his father.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Farmers and herders once lived harmoniously on Nigeria’s bucolic central plateau, but when Amos Lenji, a farmer, caught a young herdsman grazing cattle in his cornfields this October, he feared for his life.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
However, this same conclusion is reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing the commons.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
He is a hunter, a fisherman, a herdsman, or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means of livelihood.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2018
You probably raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up around being a herdsman is very different from the culture that grows up around growing crops.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Or her Delhi architecture school days, when she was too broke for jewellery and wore "cow beads" - fat glass beads strung across cow horns, bought off herdsmen near the hostel.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
New study by ICTA-UAB and the University of Cádiz reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Bavarian herdsmen prepare their clothes before they drive their beasts during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains near Oberstdorf, Germany.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Villagers had seen "strange herdsmen" setting up camp near the area in the days before the attacks began.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
“The herdsmen do, apparently. And the guardsmen, too,” I said.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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