herder
a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
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Jo·hann Gott·fried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuhn], /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/, 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
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The dish is generally thought to have originated in the 1800s with sheep herders in northern England or Scotland and was a thrifty meal made with leftover, minced lamb or mutton from a roast.
Mashed plantains top this thrifty, adaptable Caribbean cottage pie | Ann Maloney | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostBy 2015, those guns had been turned by extremist groups upon villagers, cattle herders and children in rural Burkina Faso.
Angelina Jolie: We Need to Understand the Human Cost of Burkina Faso’s Refugee Crisis | Angelina Jolie | July 8, 2021 | TimeLike Suzy, Isabelle is a natural herder and constant nipper.
Coping with a pet’s accidental death — especially when you blame yourself | Gavin Jenkins | April 23, 2021 | Washington PostThis could lead herders into new territories, increasing the likeliness of violent clashes between humans and lions that prey on cattle.
They’re helping villagers build more economic muscle by assisting in the marketing of pashmina wool produced by wildlife-friendly herders.
This she did, choosing to write three lines by the German poet and philosopher Johann Gottfried herder.
Beethoven in Love: The Woman Who Captivated the Young Composer | John Suchet | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWho can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairExcept for meeting a lone herder in charge of a band of sheep, they had not met a human being in the last fifty miles.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyI can't talk Spanish, and the herder says that he no savvy 'Meriky' and it's up to me to sort and claim.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyIt was still very early in the morning when Wade arrived at the herder's camp.
Hidden Gold | Wilder AnthonySo it is on the Long Trail you so often see the herder walking with his dogs ahead of his sheep to hold them back to feed.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for herder (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhɜːdə) /
mainly US a person who cares for or drives herds of cattle or flocks of sheep, esp on an open range: Brit equivalent: herdsman
British Dictionary definitions for Herder (2 of 2)
/ (German ˈhɛrdər) /
Johann Gottfried von (joˈhan ˈɡɔtfriːt fɔn). 1744–1803, German philosopher, critic, and poet, the leading figure in the Sturm und Drang movement in German literature. His chief work is Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man (1784–91)
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