as in shepherd
a tender of livestock
a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside
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Its official designation stems from the simple fact that its radiant — the point from which its meteors appear to approach Earth — is situated in the constellation Bootes, the herdsman, which can be found above the western horizon in late June.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Softly came the sound of a Toda herdsman calling to his buffaloes.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Moreover, an annual migration of people and cattle that regularly leads to tension between nomadic herdsmen and the area's year-round residents recently began.
—Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2011
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Softly came the sound of a Toda herdsman calling to his buffaloes.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Moreover, an annual migration of people and cattle that regularly leads to tension between nomadic herdsmen and the area's year-round residents recently began.
—Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herdsman
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Firehouse treated her 12-year-old German shepherd, who is no longer incontinent and has less arthritis pain.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Feb. 2026
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One such pet, Lainey, a husky shepherd, was found after going missing in Arizona with the help of a neighbor's Ring camera.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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One study in 2020 surveyed 261 herders in Mongolia, another common habitat for snow leopards; while many reported having seen snow leopards, or had their livestock attacked by snow leopards, none reported any attacks on humans.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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On the same day, at Southside Presbyterian Church, in Tucson, Arizona, a similar press conference was held at the prompting of an eccentric goat herder named Jim Corbett, who had been sheltering refugees for the past year and had turned to the church for help.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2026
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All of the daring and courage of the Golden Age films about cowboys, fighters, pilots, and pirates is distilled into the score for the first Indiana Jones movie.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Prescott's downtown area adds the perfect southwest charm and history and was even the stomping grounds of famed cowboy Doc Holiday.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Herdsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herdsman. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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