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SHEEPHERDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheepherder mean?
• SHEEPHERDER (noun)
The noun SHEEPHERDER has 1 sense:
1. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Familiarity information: SHEEPHERDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
sheepherder; sheepman; shepherd
Hypernyms ("sheepherder" is a kind of...):
drover; herder; herdsman (someone who drives a herd)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheepherder"):
shepherdess (a woman shepherd)
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