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What is the noun for herders?

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herd
  1. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]
  2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]
  3. A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble. [from 15th c.]
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I easily made out a large herd of wild sheep, many of whom were climbing and clambering about the summit of the mountain.”
      “A complicated piece of equipment of this type can easily lose its expediency as a research tool if it requires a herd of scientists to operate it.”
      “He can never be one of the common herd, though the common herd always affect to admire whatever is admittedly admirable.”
herding
  1. An act by which individuals are herded.
  2. A hirsel.
  3. Manipulation of poll results by a polling organization so that they match those produced from other organizations.
herdbook
  1. A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Some composites have their own breed associations, with herdbook and registration of association members' cattle.”
      “This animal is eligble for full herdbook status if it meets the DBCAA requirements.”
      “The British Limousin Cattle Society's recently launched online herdbook facility has proved a big hit with its membership.”
herd
  1. (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I easily made out a large herd of wild sheep, many of whom were climbing and clambering about the summit of the mountain.”
      “A complicated piece of equipment of this type can easily lose its expediency as a research tool if it requires a herd of scientists to operate it.”
      “He can never be one of the common herd, though the common herd always affect to admire whatever is admittedly admirable.”
herdess
herdboy
  1. A boy who herds animals.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I suppose I must postpone the rest of this until I can post again about my experiences as a herdboy.”
      “When I was a herdboy we used to fight over nothing, for example the shape of the horns of your dad's bull.”
      “The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles the lark with this exiguous pipe.”
herdsboy
  1. A boy who herds animals.
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herder
  1. One who herds.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The herder skillfully guided the free-range cattle across the vast plains of the American West.”
      “He is pragmatic about the idea of trendily shod herder kids loafing about the steppe.”
      “As a Saami herder fed one plump animal, the Governor General wanted to know what reindeers usually eat.”
herdbooks
  1. plural of herdbook
herdsboys
herdings
  1. plural of herding
herdboys
herdesses
  1. plural of herdess
herders
  1. plural of herder
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Each year during harvest time, this rural community in Mali is host to two nomadic groups that come to graze their cattle or to work as herders.”
      “On the high moors, Mesolithic nomads and reindeer herders left scatters of flints which are still found in peat fire breaks to this day.”
      “The distinction was basically about categories of people, founded originally on their occupations as cattle herders or cultivators.”
herds
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