Herder

//ˈhɜːdə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who herds.

    "Near-synonym: herdsman"

  2. 2
    someone who drives a herd wordnet

Synonyms

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cattlemancowboycowgirlcowhandcowherdcowman

Example

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"Tom moved to Finland and became a reindeer herder."

Etymology

From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.

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bot herdershare herdershare-herder

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