Meanings
herdman1
nounherdman (plural herdmen)
plural herdmen
- obsoleteSomeone who herds animals; a herdsman.First known use 11th–17th c.
And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke viij:[33–34], folio lxxxviij, recto
Herdman2
Origin
- Old Englishhyrdeman
- Middle Englishherdeman
- Englishherdman
From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man.
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APA
herdman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herdman
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “herdman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herdman.
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