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herdsman

[hurdz-muhn] / ˈhɜrdz mən /


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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

The only other person who knew was a fellow herdsman, he said.

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

However, this same conclusion is reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing the commons.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

Telemakhos and the herdsman scraped the packed earth floor with hoes, but made the women carry out all blood and mire.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

New study by ICTA-UAB and the University of Cádiz reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024

Bavarian herdsmen prepare their clothes before they drive their beasts during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains near Oberstdorf, Germany.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Villagers had seen "strange herdsmen" setting up camp near the area in the days before the attacks began.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022

The herdsmen then drove their cattle or sheep between the two bonfires before jumping over the flames themselves.

From Salon ● May 2, 2022

Fitting cuirass and swordbelt to his shoulders, he woke his herdsmen, woke Telemakhos, ordering all in arms.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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