herdsman


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herds·man

 (hûrdz′mən)
n.
A man who herds, tends, or manages livestock.
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herdsman

(ˈhɜːdzmən)
n, pl -men
(Agriculture) chiefly Brit a person who breeds, rears, or cares for cattle or (rarely) other livestock in the herd. US equivalent: herder
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herds•man

(ˈhɜrdz mən)

n., pl. -men.
1. the keeper of a herd, esp. of cattle or sheep.
2. (cap.) the constellation Boötes.
[1595–1605]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.herdsman - someone who drives a herdherdsman - someone who drives a herd    
drover, herder
goat herder, goatherd - a person who tends a flock of goats
hired hand, hired man, hand - a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd - a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
pigman, swineherd - a herder or swine
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herdsman

noun (Chiefly Brit.) stockman, drover, grazier, cowman, cowherd The herdsman came calling the cattle for milking.
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Translations
راعي الماشِيَه
-kapastýř
hyrde
csordás
hjarîmaîur, hirîir

herdsman

[ˈhɜːdzmən] N (herdsmen (pl)) [of cattle] → vaquero m; [of sheep] → pastor m
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herdsman

[ˈhɜːrdzmən] n → gardien m de troupeau
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herdsman

n → Hirt m, → Hirte m
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herd

(həːd) noun
a group of animals of one kind that stay, or are kept, together. a herd of cattle; a herd of elephant(s).
verb
to gather together, or be brought together, in a group. The dogs herded the sheep together; The tourists were herded into a tiny room.
-herd
a person who looks after a herd of certain kinds of animals. a goat-herd.
ˈherdsman (ˈhəːdz-) noun
a person who looks after a herd of animals.
the herd instinct
the tendency to behave, think etc like everyone else.
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OEDIPUS In thy report of what the herdsman said Laius was slain by robbers; now if he Still speaks of robbers, not a robber, I Slew him not; "one" with "many" cannot square.
OEDIPUS Elders, if I, who never yet before Have met the man, may make a guess, methinks I see the herdsman who we long have sought; His time-worn aspect matches with the years Of yonder aged messenger; besides I seem to recognize the men who bring him As servants of my own.
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One day I gave, as a devoir, the trite little anecdote of Alfred tending cakes in the herdsman's hut, to be related with amplifications.
The narrative commenced by a description of a Saxon peasant's hut, situated within the confines of a great, leafless, winter forest; it represented an evening in December; flakes of snow were falling, and the herdsman foretold a heavy storm; he summoned his wife to aid him in collecting their flock, roaming far away on the pastoral banks of the Thone; he warns her that it will be late ere they return.
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Zarathustra shall not be the herd's herdsman and hound!
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A HERDSMAN tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold.
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Ye shall not see my strikers; ye shall hear them and guess; By night, before the moon-rise, I will send for my cess, And the wolf shall he your herdsman By a landmark removed, For the Karela, the bitter Karela, Shall seed where ye loved!
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To a herd of rams, the ram the herdsman drives each evening into a special enclosure to feed and that becomes twice as fat as the others must seem to be a genius.
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We need not wonder, perhaps, that our poetry is a splendor of the world when we remember that it is rooted in these grand old tales, and that it awoke to life through the singing of a strong son of the soil, a herdsman and a poet.
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The herdsman had no time to reply, nor Don Quixote to get out of the way even if he wished; and so the drove of fierce bulls and tame bullocks, together with the crowd of herdsmen and others who were taking them to be penned up in a village where they were to be run the next day, passed over Don Quixote and over Sancho, Rocinante and Dapple, hurling them all to the earth and rolling them over on the ground.
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There were three hundred and sixty boar pigs, and the herdsman's four hounds, which were as fierce as wolves, slept always with them.
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The herdsman ran gaily to get ready for the meadow.
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