herdsman
Americannoun
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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.
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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
Their secret leaked the first weekend in June when the other herdsman, Happy Mthabela, showed some of the stones to guests at a wedding.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 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
The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course is to add another animal to their herd, and then another, and so forth.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
Just so the herdsman clapped his arms around Telemakhos and covered him with kisses—for he knew the lad had got away from death.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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
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 then drove their cattle or sheep between the two bonfires before jumping over the flames themselves.
From Salon ● May 2, 2022
A smith could make a shield which showed on its surface a lion hunt, two lions devouring a bull while herdsmen urged their dogs on to attack them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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