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herdsman

[hurdz-muhn] / ˈhɜrdz mən /


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Taiping, a former herdsman, now runs his own jerky factory and has more than one million followers.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

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

Telemakhos and the herdsman scraped the packed earth floor with hoes, but made the women carry out all blood and mire.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

New study by ICTA-UAB and the University of Cádiz reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024

Villagers had seen "strange herdsmen" setting up camp near the area in the days before the attacks began.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022

The Ancient Gaelic Celts were herdsmen, and as such their lives revolved around their cattle, horses, and sheep, so the festival marked the beginning of a new livestock cycle.

From Salon ● May 2, 2022

Security experts have told The Associated Press that most of the kidnappers are former Fulani herdsmen who became caught up in Nigeria’s prolonged conflict between farmers and nomadic cattle herders.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

There Telemakhos and the two herdsmen were already carving roast young pork, and mixing amber wine.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer


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