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Plural of herder

regular plural

The plural of herder is herders.

Forms of herder

Singularherder /ˈhɜːdə/
Pluralherders
Countablecountable

Herders in a sentence

  • They lived in unwalled villages, which suggests they may have been herders.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 993. From the entry unwalled
  • Fifty years ago, Golmud was open steppe with nomad herders.2006 August, Michael Buckley, Tibet (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17. From the entry Golmud
  • Remote and unknown to outsiders, that is: the Changtang is also home to about half a million nomadic herders, or drokba.2005, Nick Middleton, Extremes Along the Silk Road: Adventures off the World's Oldest Superhighway, John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 131. From the entry Changtang
  • A new form of subsistence, transhumant pastoralism, was now possible and indeed lucrative: booming textile industries linked urban centres to networks of mobile herders.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The…. From the entry transhumant
  • I'd play cribbage with the herders and Jane would push the sheep to the top of the mesa, picking up the strays as she eye-stalked-chased (worried) the stragglers.2002, Coppinger, Raymond =, Dogs : a new understanding of canine origin, behavior, and evolution, page 212. From the entry eye-stalk

Meaning of herder

  1. noun One who herds.

Full definition of herder

Questions about the plural of herder

What is the plural of herder?
The plural of herder is herders.
Is herder countable?
Herder is a countable noun.

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