herdsman

Example Sentences

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Now at 31, he is the herdsman and co-manages the dairy farm alongside his father.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Their secret leaked the first weekend in June when the other herdsman, Happy Mthabela, showed some of the stones to guests at a wedding.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2021

Farmers and herders once lived harmoniously on Nigeria’s bucolic central plateau, but when Amos Lenji, a farmer, caught a young herdsman grazing cattle in his cornfields this October, he feared for his life.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018

As rational beings, each herdsman seeks to maximize their gain.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Often he was able to enter her presence in disguise, now as a rude reaper bringing her a basket of barley-ears, now as a clumsy herdsman, or a vine-pruner.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton