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Herder

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Her·der  (hrdr), Johann Gottfried von 1744-1803.
German philosopher and writer whose theory of culture and advocacy of intuition over rationality greatly influenced Goethe and formed the basis of German romanticism.
herd·er  (hûrdr)
n.
1. One who tends or drives a herd.
2. A herdsman.
herder [ˈhɜːdə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Chiefly US a person who cares for or drives herds of cattle or flocks of sheep, esp on an open range Brit equivalent herdsman
Herder (German) [ˈhɛrdər]
n
(Biographies / Herder, Johann Gottfried von (1744-1803) M, German, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, WRITING: critic, WRITING: poet) Johann Gottfried von (joˈhan ˈgɔtfriːt 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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Noun1.Herder - German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
Johann Gottfried von Herder
2.Herderherder - someone who drives a herd            
drover, herdsman
goat herder, goatherd - a person who tends a flock of goats
hired hand, hired man, hand - a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd - a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
pigman, swineherd - a herder or swine


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The famous air-gun of Von Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr.
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Therefore it was droll in the good Riemer, who has written memoirs of Goethe, to make out a list of his donations and good deeds, as, so many hundred thalers given to Stilling, to Hegel, to Tischbein; a lucrative place found for Professor Voss, a post under the Grand Duke for Herder, a pension for Meyer, two professors recommended to foreign universities; &c.
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All the jungle knows thou wast a herder of tame cattle--such a man's brat as shouts in the dust by the crops yonder.
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