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sheepmen

  • plural
    of sheepman.
    sheepman
    noun
    a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.

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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

Something is happening to the state of Texas and the state of basketball, once as compatible as cattlemen and sheepmen in the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

They belong by family and tradition in the rolling Delaware Valley country, and as poultrymen, dairymen, sheepmen and general farmers they are pursuing the only profession they know.

From Time Magazine Archive

West, the cattlemen, sheepmen, and farmers all despised each other.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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