: 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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An Eskimo herder and I went up on a ridge and counted nine wolves about two miles from us.
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Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
Attacks in Plateau State are part of a long-running cycle of violence in north-central Nigeria, where disputes over land and grazing between mostly Muslim Fulani herders and largely Christian farming communities frequently escalate into deadly clashes.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Spend an hour traipsing through flat grass paths on the farm with the owner and goat herder.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
Attacks in Plateau State are part of a long-running cycle of violence in north-central Nigeria, where disputes over land and grazing between mostly Muslim Fulani herders and largely Christian farming communities frequently escalate into deadly clashes.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Spend an hour traipsing through flat grass paths on the farm with the owner and goat herder.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herder. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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