herdsmann.
/ˈhəːdzmən/, U.S. /ˈhərdzmən/ 1. A keeper of domestic animals which go in herds, esp. of cattle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding > herdsman or woman
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1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 133 Who yet with their wiues and children, as heardsmen..wander vp and downe the countrey.
1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 168 An heardsman in Turky hath as much right to order his heard, as an heardman in Christendome.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 168 Our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut.
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 631/1 Plain simple herdsmen and warriors.
2. A name in Orkney for the Common Skua.
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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 210 Common Skua..Herdsman (Orkney Isles): Because it is believed to protect the young lambs from the attacks of the eagle.
Derivatives
ˈherdsmaiden n. (for herd-maiden)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd
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cattle-puncher1928
cowpoke1928
paniolo1947
1829 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. 25 This popular prediction..was now to be fulfilled by his daughter, the poor herdsmaiden.
ˈherds-woman n. a maiden or woman who tends cattle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd
cowherda1000
oxherd1281
geldherd1284
nowtherd1296
neatherd1301
drover1384
catcherc1400
caller?a1500
ox-boy1580
neatress1586
harrier1591
cowherdess1611
spurn-cow1614
neatherdess1648
cowgirl1753
herds-woman1818
oxman1820
ranchero1825
topsman1825
vaquero1826
herdsmaiden1829
overlander1841
cattle-herd1845
cowboy1849
buckaroo1852
stock-rider1862
pointer1869
night-herder1870
puncher1870
bull-puncher1872
outrider1872
cowpuncher1873
range man1875
cow-puncher1878
herd-boy1878
cow-girl1884
trail-herd1885
trail boss1890
nighthawk1903
point man1903
swing man1903
top hand1912
charro1926
waddy1927
cattle-puncher1928
cowpoke1928
paniolo1947
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 131 Her juvenile exercise as a herds-woman had put ‘life and mettle’ in her heels.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 1/3 The home of the herdswomen, who..tend the cattle in the heights.
ˈherdsmanship n. the performance or occupation of a herdsman.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding
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herdsmanship1889
1889 J. M. Robertson Christ & Krishna xvi. 113 The theory of Krishna's herdsmanship being derived from the cloud-cows of the Vedas is new.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 120 (caption) Good herdsmanship, prompt veterinary attention and close liaison between the herdsman and the farm staff are essential.
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