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Recent Examples of herdsman On one side are the ostensible good guys, a group of roving herdsmen who had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 As freshwater bodies dry up or recede, pastoralists have to search more widely for water and grazing land, bringing them in conflict with other herdsmen doing the same. Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2014 The wheel, keeping pace with the herdsman, will follow. 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 See all Example Sentences for herdsman 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herdsman
Noun
  • My colleague Joe Reid has also chosen to shepherd one particular GoFundMe to completion.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The group has more than 80 shepherds available for adoption.
    Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Watch on Deadline Dusty is a quiet guy and O’Connor, probably not a casting director’s idea of a cowboy, really manages to show us who this young man is, often with just his forlorn facial expressions rather than the limited dialogue he is given in many scenes.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The Will Rodgers Foundation announced last week that the Palisades Fire claimed both historic homes of the famed cowboy actor and member of the Cherokee Nation.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson told the Statesman the lawsuit ended in a settlement paid out to the herder.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In the fall and winter, the herders settle in houses closer to towns and cities so that their children can go to school.
    Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2024

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“Herdsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herdsman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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