What does herdsman mean?
Definitions for herdsman
ˈhɜrdz mənherds·man
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Princeton's WordNet
herder, herdsman, drovernoun
someone who drives a herd
Wiktionary
herdsmannoun
a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Herdman, Herdsmannoun
One employed in tending herds: formerly, an owner of herds.
Etymology: herd and man.
A herdsman rich, of much account was he,
In whom no evil did reign, or good appear. Philip Sidney.And you, enchantment,
Worthy enough a herdsman, if e’er thou
These rural latches to his entrance open,
I will devise a death cruel for thee. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.Scarce themselves know how to hold
A sheephook, or have learn’d ought else the least
That to the faithful herdman ’s art belongs. John Milton.There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds
At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. John Milton, Par. Lost.So stands a Thracian herdsman with his spear
Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear. Dryden.The herdsmen, round
The chearful fire, provoke his health in goblets crown’d. John Dryden, Virgil’s Georgicks.When their herdsmen could not agree, they parted by consent. John Locke.
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herdsman
A herdsman is a person who takes care, tends and manages a herd of animals such as cattle, sheep, or goats, usually as their occupation. The herdsman's duties often include feeding, shearing, milking, and protecting the animals from predators. They might be required to move the herd around for grazing purposes.
Webster Dictionary
Herdsmannoun
the owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of herdsman in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of herdsman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of herdsman in a Sentence
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
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