as in cowboy
a tender of livestock
the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents
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Recent Examples of herder
The second bond is one the story resolutely builds, between Anand and Balya (a luminous Suraaj Suman), his estranged childhood friend, now a farmhand and goat herder who stayed back in the village, who isn’t out to anyone in his family, and has also been fending off pressure to get married.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Ralph Fiennes stars as a cat-herder responsible for running the election through multiple ballots and ever-shifting alliances, all while the world outside the Vatican rumbles with violent discord.
—Scott Tobias, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Ralph Fiennes stars as a cat-herder responsible for running the election through multiple ballots and ever-shifting alliances, all while the world outside the Vatican rumbles with violent discord.
—Scott Tobias, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herder
Noun
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Instead, stabilizers are cowboys tasked with wrangling a very specific herd: water.—
Ali Bouzari,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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How many movie cowboys would admit that? ‘Shirkers’ (2018) Stream it on Netflix.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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An Australian shepherd who's too scared to go near her orange cat sibling has delighted social media users with her hilarious solution to move past the feline.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Generally, Belgian Malinois dogs compete in the sport, though it isn’t necessarily limited to the breed, with German shepherds sometimes taking part.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herder. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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