: 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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The cauldrons in this study were first discovered underground among other artifacts by a group of herders in northern Mongolia.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
But herders in Mauritania are increasingly hemmed in.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
In addition, the gate has prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olives and herders from grazing their livestock.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
That hasn’t stopped traders and rival herders from leveraging the mine to barter down the price for local animals.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
But herders in Mauritania are increasingly hemmed in.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
In addition, the gate has prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olives and herders from grazing their livestock.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
That hasn’t stopped traders and rival herders from leveraging the mine to barter down the price for local animals.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herder. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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