herdsman

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Born in the plains of Inner Mongolia, a region in northern China where temperatures can plummet to minus 20 degrees, he left school after fifth grade, working as a herdsman, security guard and truck driver.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 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

The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course is to add another animal to their herd, and then another, and so forth.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Suddenly, kneeling before her was her beloved herdsman!

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis