herder

CEFRB1

/ˈhɜːdə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who looks after and moves a group of animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who herds.

Examples

  • I saw a sheep herder and his dog standing on the side of the road.

  • Tom moved to Finland and became a reindeer herder.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

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  • Near-synonym: herdsman

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.