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# herder

noun (a herder, herders)

«herder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A herder is a person who looks after a group of animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats or reindeer, moving them to fresh grass and keeping them safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#m1)
2. It is also part of names like «cattle herder» or «reindeer herder». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons about how people live in mountains, deserts and the Arctic; in Bible stories, shepherds are herders of sheep. Phrases: «goat herder», «reindeer herder», «a nomadic herder».

### Examples

- The herder led his goats up the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x1)
- Reindeer herders in Lapland follow their animals across the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x2)
- A shepherd is a herder of sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x3)
- The cattle herder used a dog to help him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x4)
- Herders in Mongolia live in round tents called gers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x5)
- The herder counted his sheep at sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x6)
- In dry years herders must walk far to find water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x7)
- Our story was about a young yak herder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x8)

### Note

Countable. A herd is the group of animals; a herder is the person. Similar words: shepherd (sheep), cowboy or stockman (cattle), drover (Australia).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «herder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«herder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/herder.html) on Mova free.