herdsman

Example Sentences

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Now at 31, he is the herdsman and co-manages the dairy farm alongside his father.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Farmers and herders once lived harmoniously on Nigeria’s bucolic central plateau, but when Amos Lenji, a farmer, caught a young herdsman grazing cattle in his cornfields this October, he feared for his life.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018

However, this same conclusion is reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing the commons.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

He is a hunter, a fisherman, a herdsman, or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means of livelihood.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2018

Just so the herdsman clapped his arms around Telemakhos and covered him with kisses—for he knew the lad had got away from death.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer