as in shepherd
a tender of livestock
a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside
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The wheel, keeping pace with the herdsman, will follow.
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Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
Even as the country became Buddhist in the 16th century, the herdsmen found solace in its reassuring rituals and its promise of contact with the spirit world.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
While this constellation isn’t formally recognized anymore, the Quadrantids’ meteors now seemingly emanate from the northern part of the constellation Boötes, the herdsman.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
Outside, cattle graze across the rolling hills and the voices of herdsmen are a distant soundtrack.
—Nokukhanya Musi, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2023
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Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
Even as the country became Buddhist in the 16th century, the herdsmen found solace in its reassuring rituals and its promise of contact with the spirit world.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
While this constellation isn’t formally recognized anymore, the Quadrantids’ meteors now seemingly emanate from the northern part of the constellation Boötes, the herdsman.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
Outside, cattle graze across the rolling hills and the voices of herdsmen are a distant soundtrack.
—Nokukhanya Musi, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Herdsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herdsman. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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