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herd

 (hûrd)
n.
1.
a. A group of cattle or other large herbivorous mammals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
b. A number of wild animals of one species, especially large herbivorous mammals, that remain together as a group: a herd of elephants.
2.
a. A large number of people; a crowd: a herd of stranded passengers.
b. The multitude of common people regarded as a mass: "It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow" (Henry David Thoreau).
v. herd·ed, herd·ing, herds
v.intr.
To come together in a herd: The sheep herded for warmth.
v.tr.
1. To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.
2. To tend (sheep or cattle).
3. To gather and place into a group or mass: herded the children into the auditorium.

[Middle English, from Old English heord.]

herd′er n.

Her·der

 (hĕr′dər), Johann Gottfried von 1744-1803.
German philosopher and writer whose theory of culture and advocacy of intuition over rationality greatly influenced Goethe and formed the basis of German romanticism.
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herder

(ˈhɜːdə)
n
(Agriculture) chiefly US a person who cares for or drives herds of cattle or flocks of sheep, esp on an open range. Brit equivalent: herdsman

Herder

(German ˈhɛrdər)
n
(Biography) Johann Gottfried von (joˈhan ˈɡɔtfriːt fɔn). 1744–1803, German philosopher, critic, and poet, the leading figure in the Sturm und Drang movement in German literature. His chief work is Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man (1784–91)
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herd•er

(ˈhɜr dər)

n.
a person in charge of a herd.
[1625–35]

Her•der

(ˈhɛər dər)

n.
Johann Gottfried von, 1744–1803, German philosopher and critic.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Herder - German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
2.herder - someone who drives a herdherder - someone who drives a herd    
goat herder, goatherd - a person who tends a flock of goats
hired hand, hired man, hand - a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd - a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
pigman, swineherd - a herder or swine
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In process of time, thanks to his intimate knowledge of drill and musketry exercise, the excellent Mulcahy, wearing the corporal's stripe, went out in a troopship and joined Her Majesty's Royal Loyal Musketeers, commonly known as the "Mavericks," because they were masterless and unbranded cattle - sons of small farmers in County Clare, shoeless vagabonds of Kerry, herders of Ballyvegan, much wanted "moonlighters" from the bare rainy headlands of the south coast, officered by O'Mores, Bradys, Hills, Kilreas, and the like.
"Yes, that is Herder's theory," said Prince Andrew, "but it is not that which can convince me, dear friend- life and death are what convince.
If Numa had planned, he had planned well, for scarcely had he reached his position when the door opened and a herder's head was projected into the enclosure, the fellow evidently seeking an explanation of the disturbance among his flock.
I knew Von Herder, the blind German mechanic, who constructed it to the order of the late Professor Moriarty.
The famous air-gun of Von Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr.
Therefore it was droll in the good Riemer, who has written memoirs of Goethe, to make out a list of his donations and good deeds, as, so many hundred thalers given to Stilling, to Hegel, to Tischbein; a lucrative place found for Professor Voss, a post under the Grand Duke for Herder, a pension for Meyer, two professors recommended to foreign universities; &c., &c.
"All the jungle knows thou wast a herder of tame cattle--such a man's brat as shouts in the dust by the crops yonder.
While speaking during the launch of the unit, the State Commandant of the NSCDC Commandant, Halliru Usman said that the launch was a sequel to the request by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure the protection of the animals and reduce clashes between herders and farmers across the country.
These upland pastures are the summer grazing areas for landless mobile herders. Temperature of the upland area remains below 0AdegC during the five winter months (November through March), and mean annual rainfall is 1545 mm (Schickhoff 1995).
The drought situation in many counties in Northern Kenya could mean that residents, the majority of whom are herders, have moved to other counties or neighbouring countries for pasture.
These government actions resulted in a growth of reindeer herders' income and an increased quality of reindeer breed, the main source of income of the herders and probability of reindeer's offspring survival, which finally exerted their influence on their population growth.
At least three herders were killed while grazing their animals in Ethiopia and at least camels stolen on Wednesday Banisa Sub-County Deputy County Commissioner Noah Tanui said of the three, one was a Kenyan while two were Ethiopian herders."The fighting in Ethiopia has affected Kenyan herders who cross the border due to ravaging drought, three people were killed and at least 100 camels stolen," he said.