sheepmen
- plural of sheepman.
Example Sentences
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And as the older generations of Basque immigrants died and the local outfits shut down, Etcheverry remained one of the few Basque sheepmen left in Idaho.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016
Mr. Etcheverry is one of the last Basque sheepmen left in the American West, where there were once hundreds, if not thousands, like him.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
A friendly, fast-traveling campaigner, he was winning friends among the coal miners and oil workers by plumping for repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, winning friends among the sheepmen and cattlemen by promising more reclamation projects.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. sheepmen have traditionally allowed sheep to roam their ranges, fenced in but otherwise untended by shepherds or dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearly all the fathers of Joe Mondragon’s generation had been sheepmen.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
