share-herder

A form of shareherder — One who cares for herd animals owned by someone else, in exchange for a share of the profits or offspring.

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Meanings

nounshare-herder (plural share-herders)

plural share-herders

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shareherder.

    In a society in which the members of the noble (chieftain) class derived their main support from the contracted services of share-herders, such tribal principles obviously would present barriers to class differentiation.

    1994, Theodore W. Allen, The Invention of the White Race - Volume 1, →ISBN, pages 39–40
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