HERDER

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• HERDER (noun)
  The noun HERDER has 2 senses:

1. German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)

2. someone who drives a herd

  Familiarity information: HERDER used as a noun is rare.

• HERDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herder; Johann Gottfried von Herder

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who drives a herd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

drover; herder; herdsman

Hypernyms ("herder" is a kind of...):

hand; hired hand; hired man (a hired laborer on a farm or ranch)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herder"):

goat herder; goatherd (a person who tends a flock of goats)

sheepherder; sheepman; shepherd (a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock)

pigman; swineherd (a herder or swine)

Derivation:

herd (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together)

herd (keep, move, or drive animals)

 Context examples 

An admirable and unique weapon, said he, noiseless and of tremendous power: I knew Von Herder, the blind German mechanic, who constructed it to the order of the late Professor Moriarty.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The group based its survey on such tools as photographs, tourist sightings, safari guides, cattle herders, and village chiefs.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

The famous air-gun of Von Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)