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herdsman

noun

ˈhərdz-mən

Definition of herdsman next

as in shepherd

a tender of livestock a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside

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Recent Examples of herdsman 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. —

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 Even as the country became Buddhist in the 16th century, the herdsmen found solace in its reassuring rituals and its promise of contact with the spirit world. —

Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for herdsman

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Gaels Public House & Sports will be serving draft beers ($3), Fireball shots ($3), tall boy + whiskey ($7), as well as regular menu food items like nachos, pub poutine, shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, handhelds and pizza.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee March 16, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026