: 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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In 1874, when a friend suggested that Hagenbeck display Indigenous Sami herders alongside his next shipment of Scandinavian reindeer, the impresario needed no convincing.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
This sort of language reminds cattle herder Ghulam Qadir Parray, who lives close to the LoC in Balkote village, of past wars.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
Goji Berries in China, grape growers in France, and herders in America, have seen at the least comparable results with this method.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Most cashmere is sourced from China and Mongolia, where best practices (for the goats, herders, and environments) aren’t always used.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
This sort of language reminds cattle herder Ghulam Qadir Parray, who lives close to the LoC in Balkote village, of past wars.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
Goji Berries in China, grape growers in France, and herders in America, have seen at the least comparable results with this method.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Most cashmere is sourced from China and Mongolia, where best practices (for the goats, herders, and environments) aren’t always used.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for herder
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herder. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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