: 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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Since the house is Cheesecake’s domain and the outdoors is Pumpkin’s, the large porch serves as a meeting place, with Stevie the Sheltie, in her instinctual herder’s role, acting as chaperon.
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But the herders — and their 2,000 sheep — were nowhere to be seen.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But the herders — and their 2,000 sheep — were nowhere to be seen.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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