herder
/ˈhɜːdə/US/ˈhɝːdɚ/
herder noun: one who herds.
Noun
herder (plural herders)
- One who herds.
- Near-synonym: herdsman
herder meaning in Gujarati and Arabic
herder in Gujarati
- herder, cowherd
- ચરવૈયો carvaiyo
herder in Arabic
- one who herds
- رَاعٍ rāʕin
Examples of herder in a sentence
- They lived in unwalled villages, which suggests they may have been herders.
- That dog’s a herder, not a hunting dog.
- Fifty years ago, Golmud was open steppe with nomad herders.
Synonyms of herder
Forms of herder
| plural | herders |
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Origin of herder
From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.
Words formed from herder
Phrases with herder
Words that rhyme with herder
Questions about herder
- What does herder mean?
- Herder means one who herds.
- What is herder in Gujarati?
- Herder in Gujarati is ચરવૈયો (carvaiyo). See Herder meaning in Gujarati.
- What part of speech is herder?
- Herder is a noun.
- How do you pronounce herder?
- Herder is pronounced /ˈhɜːdə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of herder?
- The plural of herder is herders.
Words near herder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: herder (page history and authors); ચરવૈયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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