: one that herds
specifically
: a person who manages, breeds, or tends to livestock : herdsman sense 1
Examples of herder in a Sentence
the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents
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Meanwhile, Ios only got electricity across the entire island in the 1970s and most residents here are goat herders or farmers.
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
Roaming the surrounding hillsides with several thousand sheep, and sometimes roughing up Palestinian herders who got in their way, a handful of committed Israeli herders quickly established a civilian presence across a much larger area.
—Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
The violence has displaced at least 15 Palestinian herder communities, comprising nearly 1000 people, more than 300 of them children, the U.N. says.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
After a snow leopard kills nine rams owned by a herder, a bitter conflict ensues between the herder who wants to kill the snow leopard and the father who wants to release it.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
Comprising only 10 percent of the Sami population, the herders continue this practice today — breeding reindeer for fur, transportation and meat.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
The fragile coexistence of farmers and herders began to break down.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal play two cowboys who fall in love while working as sheep herders.
—Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
It is said area cattlemen, who wanted the sheep and the herders gone, named the spring Borrego, which colloquially can also mean fool.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
Roaming the surrounding hillsides with several thousand sheep, and sometimes roughing up Palestinian herders who got in their way, a handful of committed Israeli herders quickly established a civilian presence across a much larger area.
—Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
The violence has displaced at least 15 Palestinian herder communities, comprising nearly 1000 people, more than 300 of them children, the U.N. says.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
After a snow leopard kills nine rams owned by a herder, a bitter conflict ensues between the herder who wants to kill the snow leopard and the father who wants to release it.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
Comprising only 10 percent of the Sami population, the herders continue this practice today — breeding reindeer for fur, transportation and meat.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
The fragile coexistence of farmers and herders began to break down.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal play two cowboys who fall in love while working as sheep herders.
—Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
It is said area cattlemen, who wanted the sheep and the herders gone, named the spring Borrego, which colloquially can also mean fool.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1635, in the meaning defined above
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herder. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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