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† ˈherdman Obs.
Forms: see herd n.2
[f. herd n.2 + man.]
A man who herds cattle, sheep, or other animals; a herdsman.
c1000ælfric Gen. xiii. 7 Þurh þone intingan sacu betwux Abrames hyrdemannum and Lothes. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2395 He weren hirde-men. a1300Cursor M. 28396 Myn hird-men and als oþer maa Haf i þaire seruis halden fra. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxiv. 110 Þai..ware made hird⁓men and kepers of bestez. c1440Promp. Parv. 236/2 Heerd mann, pastor, agaso. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §123 The herdman wyll haue for euery beest .ii. d. a quarter. 1535Coverdale Isa. xl. 11 He shal fede his flock like an hirdman. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 66 Plow⁓men, Heardmen, and Shepehards. 1611Bible Gen. xiii. 7 There was a strife betweene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lots cattell. 1635–56Cowley Davideis iii. 217 In vain the Herdman calls him back.
b. fig. and transf. esp. A spiritual pastor.
c1320Cast. Love 587 Þenne nis þer such an herde-mon non Ne non so miȝtful lord as he is on. c1477Caxton Jason 71 b, We wyll that thou be our pastour or herdman. 1553Primer in Liturg. & Doc. Edw. VI, (1844) 457 Shepherd, and Herdman of our souls. |