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Definition of Herdsman
1. Noun. Someone who drives a herd.
Specialized synonyms: Goat Herder, Goatherd, Sheepherder, Sheepman, Shepherd, Pigman, Swineherd
Generic synonyms: Hand, Hired Hand, Hired Man
Derivative terms: Herd, Herd
Definition of Herdsman
1. Noun. a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Herdsman
1. a herder [n HERDSMEN] - See also: herder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herdsman
Literary usage of Herdsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Dept. of Modern Languages, Harvard University (1903)
"THE GIANT herdsman MOTIVE. IT will be remembered that, ... The herdsman obligingly
described the adventure of the Fountain Perilous and showed the path that ..."
2. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael, James Carmichael Watson, Angus Matheson (1900)
"THE night the herdsman was out No shackle went on a cow, Lowing ceased not from
the mouth of calf Wailing the herdsman of the flock, Wailing the herdsman of ..."
3. Popular Tales from the Norse by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, George Webbe Dasent (1859)
"/~\NCE on a time there was a woman who went out to hire a herdsman, and she met
a hear. ... Why not have me for a herdsman ?" said Bruin. " Well, why not? ..."
4. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"When therefore the herdsman returned the third time and told this to the ...
He then said further to the astonished herdsman: " If your master had come to ..."
5. Herodotus by Herodotus (1840)
"Harpagus sent some, upon whose fidelity he could depend, to examine into the
matter: they confirmed the report of the herdsman, and the child was buried. ..."
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