herdsman

American  

[hurdz-muhn] / ˈhɜrdz mən /

noun

plural

herdsmen

1. a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.

2. Astronomy. Herdsman, the constellation Boötes.

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herdsman British  

/ ˈhɜːdzmən /

noun

1. US equivalent: herder.  a person who breeds, rears, or cares for cattle or (rarely) other livestock in the herd

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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

Example Sentences

Taiping, a former herdsman, now runs his own jerky factory and has more than one million followers.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

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

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

Related Words

• herder
• rancher