: 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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Reindeer herders miles away described witnessing a fireball trailing smoke, then a brilliant flash, and a thunderous boom, according to NASA.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The herders have always contended with dzuds, severe winters that arrive after summer droughts and trigger widespread animal death.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
These herders traditionally keep the camels without fences and milk them by hand, enjoying the mild, sweet flavour.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
Workers, who really rule the roost, rounded them up pretty quickly, with one hen herder even giving a thumbs up.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The herders have always contended with dzuds, severe winters that arrive after summer droughts and trigger widespread animal death.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
These herders traditionally keep the camels without fences and milk them by hand, enjoying the mild, sweet flavour.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
Workers, who really rule the roost, rounded them up pretty quickly, with one hen herder even giving a thumbs up.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
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 7 Jul. 2024.
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