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pastoralists

pastoralists is the plural of pastoralist.

Meaning of pastoralist

Noun

pastoralist (plural pastoralists)

  1. A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock.
    • As our truck weaves through flocks of sheep and goats, Virani explains how the Maasai have in recent years leased their land, which rings the northern section of the Masai Mara National Reserve, to conservancies established to protect wildlife by excluding pastoralists and their livestock.2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01...

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Questions about pastoralists

What is pastoralists the plural of?
Pastoralists is the plural of pastoralist.

Words near pastoralists in the dictionary

  1. pastoralises
  2. pastoralising
  3. pastoralism
  4. pastoralisms
  5. pastoralist
  6. pastoralists
  7. pastorality
  8. pastoralization
  9. pastoralizations
  10. pastoralize
  11. pastoralized

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