: one that herds
specifically
: a person who manages, breeds, or tends to livestock : herdsman sense 1
Examples of herder in a Sentence
the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents
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Spend an hour traipsing through flat grass paths on the farm with the owner and goat herder.
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Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Good Growth, which operates the Regenerative Cashmere Initiative in Mongolia, received a donation of $50,000 from Everlane toward its efforts to benefit more than 40 herder families, 8,000 goats and 113,000 acres of grassland.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 23 Mar. 2026
Authorities have said the bandit groups include mostly former herders who took up arms against farming communities after clashes between them over increasingly strained resources.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Good Growth, which operates the Regenerative Cashmere Initiative in Mongolia, received a donation of $50,000 from Everlane toward its efforts to benefit more than 40 herder families, 8,000 goats and 113,000 acres of grassland.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 23 Mar. 2026
Authorities have said the bandit groups include mostly former herders who took up arms against farming communities after clashes between them over increasingly strained resources.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herder. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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