sheepherder
noun
sheep·herd·er
ˈshēp-ˌhər-dər 
: a worker in charge of sheep especially on open range
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After Joe translates for Washington in an interrogation with a sheepherder whose land borders the ravine where Vines’s body was found, Washington finally makes her suspicions plain.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Interviews with sheepherders were conducted in Spanish through an interpreter.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
For sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Interviews with sheepherders were conducted in Spanish through an interpreter.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
For sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
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sheepherder
noun
sheep·herd·er
ˈshēp-ˌhərd-ər
: a worker in charge of a flock of sheep
sheepherding
noun
-ˌhərd-iŋ
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