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herdsman

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herds·man  (hûrdzmn)
n.
An owner or a breeder of livestock.
herdsman [ˈhɜːdzmən]
n pl -men
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Chiefly Brit a person who breeds, rears, or cares for cattle or (rarely) other livestock in the herd US equivalent herder
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.herdsmanherdsman - someone who drives a herd            
drover, herder
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
herdsman
noun (Chiefly Brit.) stockman, drover, grazier, cowman, cowherd The herdsman came calling the cattle for milking.
Translations
herdsman [ˈhɜːdzmən] N (herdsmen (pl)) [of cattle] → vaquero m; [of sheep] → pastor m
herdsman [ˈhɜːrdzmən] n → gardien m de troupeau
herdsman
n → Hirt m, → Hirte m


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A HERDSMAN tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold.
Fables by Aesop View in context
The narrative commenced by a description of a Saxon peasant's hut, situated within the confines of a great, leafless, winter forest; it represented an evening in December; flakes of snow were falling, and the herdsman foretold a heavy storm; he summoned his wife to aid him in collecting their flock, roaming far away on the pastoral banks of the Thone; he warns her that it will be late ere they return.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
To a herd of rams, the ram the herdsman drives each evening into a special enclosure to feed and that becomes twice as fat as the others must seem to be a genius.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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