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
Elsewhere were depictions of giraffes, elephants, and rhinos as well as people dancing, horsemen carrying spears and bows, and herdsmen tending cattle.
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Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
On one side are the ostensible good guys, a group of roving herdsmen who had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
As freshwater bodies dry up or recede, pastoralists have to search more widely for water and grazing land, bringing them in conflict with other herdsmen doing the same.
—Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2014
The wheel, keeping pace with the herdsman, will follow.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
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Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
On one side are the ostensible good guys, a group of roving herdsmen who had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
As freshwater bodies dry up or recede, pastoralists have to search more widely for water and grazing land, bringing them in conflict with other herdsmen doing the same.
—Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2014
The wheel, keeping pace with the herdsman, will follow.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herdsman
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Directed by blockbuster animation director Balda (Minions, Despicable Me 3) from a screenplay by The Last of Us guru Mazin, the story finds Jackman playing George Hardy, a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, the variations in the Nativity stories—Matthew features Persian Magi, while Luke omits them in favor of local shepherds—are not merely discrepancies of partial memory.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Instead, stabilizers are cowboys tasked with wrangling a very specific herd: water.—
Ali Bouzari,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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How many movie cowboys would admit that? ‘Shirkers’ (2018) Stream it on Netflix.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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But the herders — and their 2,000 sheep — were nowhere to be seen.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Herdsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herdsman. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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