Standard Lemma guide

herdsman

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.

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3

name

Meaning 3

The constellation Boötes.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herder, herd

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who drives a herd

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herder, drover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hired hand, hand, hired man

Narrower terms: goat herder, goatherd, sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman, swineherd, pigman

History

Etymology

From herd + -s- + -man.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَاعٍ (rāʕin) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Arabic: راعي (rāʕī) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Armenian: անդեորդ (andeord) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Bashkir: көтөүсе (kötöwse) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Belarusian: пасту́х (pastúx) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Bengali: রাখাল (rakhal) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Bulgarian: пасти́р (pastír) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧民 (mùmín) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧人 (mùrén) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧夫 (mùfū) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Czech: pastýř — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Czech: pastevec — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Czech: pasák — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Dutch: herder — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Finnish: paimen — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • French: éleveur de bétail — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • French: gardien — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Galician: pastor — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Galician: pegureiro — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • German: Schäfer — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • German: Hirt — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Ancient Greek: νομεύς (nomeús) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Hungarian: gulyás — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Icelandic: hjarðmaður — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Icelandic: hirðir — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Ingrian: paimen — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Irish: feighlí bó — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Irish: maor — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Irish: aoire — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Italian: bovaro — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Japanese: 牧人 (bokujin) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Japanese: 牧夫 (bokufu) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Kazakh: бақташы (baqtaşy) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Kazakh: малшы (malşy) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Kazakh: сиыршы (siyrşy) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Kazakh: табыншы (tabynşy) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Korean: 목자 (mokja) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Latin: armentārius — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Latin: bubulcus — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Lithuanian: piemuo — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Macedonian: о́вчар (óvčar) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Macedonian: го́ведар (góvedar) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Malay: gembala — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Manchu: ᠠᡩᡠᠴᡳ (aduci) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Māori: hēpara — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Middle English: herde — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Middle English: herdeman — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Mongolian: малчин (malčin) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠯᠴᠢᠨ (malčin) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Navajo: naʼniłkaadí — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Plautdietsch: Hoad — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Polabian: nǫtăr — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Polish: pastuch — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Portuguese: pastor — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Romanian: cioban — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Romanian: păstor — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Russian: пасту́х (pastúx) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀стӣр — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: чо̀бан — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀вча̄р — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàstīr — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: čòban — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Serbo-Croatian: òvčār — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Slovak: pastier — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Slovak: pasák — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Slovene: pastir — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Spanish: pastor — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Spanish: vaquero — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Swahili: mchungaji — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Swedish: herde — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Swedish: fåraherde — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Turkish: celep — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوبان (çoban) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Tuvan: малчын (malçın) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Tuvan: кадарчы (kadarçı) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Ukrainian: пасту́х (pastúx) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Yakut: маныыһыт (manïïhït) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
  • Yakut: бостуук (bostuuk) — a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep