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HERDSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herdsman mean?
• HERDSMAN (noun)
The noun HERDSMAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who drives a herd
Familiarity information: HERDSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who drives a herd
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("herdsman" 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 "herdsman"):
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)
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