Goatherder

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A herder of goats.

    "Senator Obama’s father, a goatherder turned economist, grew up in Nyangoma-Kogelo and was buried there in 1982 after a fatal car crash."

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goatherdgoatkeeper

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"Senator Obama’s father, a goatherder turned economist, grew up in Nyangoma-Kogelo and was buried there in 1982 after a fatal car crash."

Etymology

From goat + herder.

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