herder
Tends the flock
A herder is someone who tends and moves livestock—cattle, sheep, goats, or reindeer.
The work involves guiding animals to grazing areas, protecting them from predators, and keeping the herd together: The herders moved their flocks to higher pastures for summer.
In compounds like goatherd and shepherd, the word appears as -herd.
One who raises livestock
- droverOne who moves livestock
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
gaucho · vaquero · livestock · flock · grazing · pasture · sheepdog · crook
One who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
goats · flock · corral · pen · roundup · mustering · branding · sheepdog
Livestock handler on ranches
- cowhandRanch livestock worker
- cattlemanOne who raises bovines
- cowgirlFemale ranch rider
- gauchoPampas cowboy
vaquero · jackaroo · horseback · lasso · whip · dog whistle · droving · trail
rancher
One who raises livestock
- droverOne who moves livestock
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
stockman · gaucho · vaquero · livestock · flock · grazing · pasture · sheepdog · crook · paddock
drover
One who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
sheep · goats · flock · corral · pen · roundup · mustering · branding · sheepdog · collie
wrangler
Livestock handler on ranches
gaucho · vaquero · jackaroo · horseback · lasso · whip · dog whistle · droving · trail · outback
pastoralist
Grazer of livestock
ger · steppe · tundra · berber · wanderer · seasonal · caravan · encampment · homeland · territory
bucolic
Idyllically rural
pastureland · countryside · verdant · tranquil · tending · husbandry · dairy · wool · lambing · shearing
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- animal workersveterinarian, vet, animal trainer, pet groomer, zookeeper
- frontier lifehomesteaders, farmer, homesteading, pioneer women, pioneer families
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, farmhand, dairyman, dairy farmer
- rural peoplefarmer, villagers, farmhand, farmworker, farmers
herdercrop farmer
One who cultivates plants
farmer · cultivator · agriculturalist · settler · tiller
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- herding catsCoordinating the uncoordinated
- herding dogsCanines that manage livestock
- herd animals
- herd instinctTendency to follow groups
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
herd, shepherd, herding, herded, shepherds, herders, goatherd, shepherded, shepherding