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Main Entry: 1herd
Pronunciation: \ˈhərd\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerdžius shepherd
Date: before 12th century

1 a : a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control b : a congregation of gregarious wild animals
2 a (1) : a group of people usually having a common bond <a herd of tourists> (2) : a large assemblage of like things b : the undistinguished masses : crowd <isolate the individual prophets from the herd — Norman Cousins>

herd·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective


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