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herdsman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Agriculture, Occupations
herds·man /ˈhɜːdzmən/ noun (plural herdsmen /-mən/) [countable]  TABOa man who looks after a herd of animals 牧人
Examples from the Corpus
herdsmanThe same dialogue continues in similar vein for shepherd and herdsman.Such hats were worn by the Fulani, a semi-nomadic tribe of cattle herdsmen.Eventually the scheme had to be dropped and the cattle and yaks and horses returned to the care of individual herdsmen.They had broken up because some villages would not let herdsmen through.But, like Nietzsche said, no herdsman and one herd.I was down there looking round and the herdsman introduced us.Later, two herdsmen came in with about thirty camels.
herds·man nounChineseSyllable
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herdsman
herdsman /ˈhɜːdzmən/ noun (plural herdsmen /-mən/) [countable]
a man who looks after a herd of animals


herds·manBrE /ˈhɜːdzmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɜːrdzmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
herds·men BrE /ˈhɜːdzmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɜːrdzmən/ 🔊
)
a man whose job is to take care of a group of animals such as sheep and cows in the countryside 牧人