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
Highlights include dogsledding, curling lessons with locals, dining with homesteaders, soaking in geothermal hot springs, snowshoeing on private land, and tea with reindeer herders.
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Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Many farming communities have also accused herders of rape.
—Udo Jude Ilo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2019
Maasai herders, from whose lands the reserve was carved, are prohibited from bringing their cattle to the reserve because the domestic animals are thought to take precious forage away from wild migrants.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
In Abyei, the mission is successfully striking local peace agreements among herders and farmers, who compete over increasingly scarce natural resources such as land and water.
—Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
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Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Many farming communities have also accused herders of rape.
—Udo Jude Ilo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2019
Maasai herders, from whose lands the reserve was carved, are prohibited from bringing their cattle to the reserve because the domestic animals are thought to take precious forage away from wild migrants.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
In Abyei, the mission is successfully striking local peace agreements among herders and farmers, who compete over increasingly scarce natural resources such as land and water.
—Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herder
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Watch on Deadline Dusty is a quiet guy and O’Connor, probably not a casting director’s idea of a cowboy, really manages to show us who this young man is, often with just his forlorn facial expressions rather than the limited dialogue he is given in many scenes.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Will Rodgers Foundation announced last week that the Palisades Fire claimed both historic homes of the famed cowboy actor and member of the Cherokee Nation.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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Unlike the Islamic extremists that staged the Chibok kidnappings, the deadly criminal gangs terrorizing villages in northwestern Nigeria are mostly former herdsmen who were in conflict with farming host communities, according to authorities.—
Chinedu Asadu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2024
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In 1997, Thimphu told Beijing that Tibetan herdsmen had been intruding into the Jakarlung valley and even constructed sheds there, according to Bhutan’s National Assembly records cited by Barnett.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
5 Nov. 2024
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My colleague Joe Reid has also chosen to shepherd one particular GoFundMe to completion.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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The group has more than 80 shepherds available for adoption.—
Maryanne Dell,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herder. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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