herder

[ hur-der ]
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noun
  1. a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.

Origin of herder

1
First recorded in 1625–35; herd2 + -er1

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Other definitions for Herder (2 of 2)

Herder
[ her-duhr ]

noun
  1. Jo·hann Gott·fried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuhn], /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/, 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.

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How to use herder in a sentence

  • This she did, choosing to write three lines by the German poet and philosopher Johann Gottfried herder.

  • Who can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Except for meeting a lone herder in charge of a band of sheep, they had not met a human being in the last fifty miles.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • I can't talk Spanish, and the herder says that he no savvy 'Meriky' and it's up to me to sort and claim.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • It was still very early in the morning when Wade arrived at the herder's camp.

    Hidden Gold | Wilder Anthony
  • So it is on the Long Trail you so often see the herder walking with his dogs ahead of his sheep to hold them back to feed.

British Dictionary definitions for herder (1 of 2)

herder

/ (ˈhɜːdə) /


noun
  1. mainly US a person who cares for or drives herds of cattle or flocks of sheep, esp on an open range: Brit equivalent: herdsman

British Dictionary definitions for Herder (2 of 2)

Herder

/ (German ˈhɛrdər) /


noun
  1. Johann Gottfried von (joˈhan ˈɡɔtfriːt fɔn). 1744–1803, German philosopher, critic, and poet, the leading figure in the Sturm und Drang movement in German literature. His chief work is Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man (1784–91)

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