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Definition of "herder" []

  • One who tends or drives a herd. (noun)
  • A herdsman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "herder" in a sentence
  • "They were found with the help of a sheep herder from the region."
  • "The boys could not be angry at that, she knew, because the greatest disgrace that can befall a herder is the losing of his flock, and for boys so big as these to go back to the sæter without any animals would be especially humiliating."
  • "The mistress was not willing that even the herder should be a boy."