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Definition of "pastoralist" [pastoralist]

  • A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock (noun)

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Use "pastoralist" in a sentence
  • "We should understand that these are places that are hungry, where livelihoods have been put in grave danger, where old, traditional ways of living such as pastoralist communities are under life and death threat."
  • "Since March, farmers and pastoralist communities across east Africa have been waiting for the long rains which will sustain them until the end of the year."
  • "According to Teofilo, the situation has become so severe that even camels belonging to the pastoralist communities are beginning to die alongside thousands of livestock."