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herder

/ˈhɜːdə/US/ˈhɝːdɚ/

herder noun: one who herds.

Noun

herder (plural herders)

  1. One who herds.
    • Near-synonym: herdsman
    Synonyms:
    herd, 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.

All 11 example sentences with herder

Synonyms of herder

Forms of herder

pluralherders

Plural of herder: herders

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

  1. herdboy
  2. herdboys
  3. herded
  4. herded cats
  5. herded together
  6. herder
  7. Herderian
  8. herderite
  9. Herdern
  10. herders
  11. herdess

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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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