herdsman
Livestock tender outdoors
A herdsman is a person who tends livestock, particularly cattle, sheep, or goats.
The term evokes pastoral life and open grazing land: The herdsman led his flock to higher pastures for the summer.
While historically common, the word now sounds slightly old-fashioned, with rancher, shepherd, or herder more typical in contemporary usage.
One who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- grazierLivestock pasture farmer
cattleman · sheepman · wrangler · gaucho · vaquero · cowboy · handler · tender
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- flockAnimals gathered together
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
bovine · ovine · caprine · grazing · pasture · corral · pen · branding
Hebrew name meaning breath
- DavidMasculine Hebrew name
- patriarchMale head of family
- flockAnimals gathered together
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
psalm · parable · nativity · manger · prophet · Moses · Jacob · apostle
drover
One who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
grazier · cattleman · sheepman · wrangler · gaucho · vaquero · cowboy · handler · tender · keeper
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
livestock · bovine · ovine · caprine · grazing · pasture · corral · pen · branding · roundup
Abel
Hebrew name meaning breath
staff · psalm · parable · nativity · manger · prophet · Moses · Jacob · apostle · lambs
migration
Movement to new territory
Maasai · Mongol · Kazakh · Tuareg · Sami · caravan · encampment · seasonal · wandering · tribe
bucolic
Idyllically rural
meadow · countryside · serenity · verdant · sylvan · peaceful · simple · wholesome · flute · pipe
- ancient occupationssoldier, merchant, farmer, carpenter, blacksmith
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- livestock workerscowboy, rancher, cattleman, cowhand, sheepherder
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, farmhand, dairyman, dairy farmer
- rural peoplefarmer, villagers, farmhand, farmworker, farmers
- Bedouinsnomads, camels, tents, desert life, tribes
herdsmancrop farmer
One who cultivates plants
tiller · plowman · cultivator · grower · grain farmer
herdsmanhunter
Pursuer of prey
poacher · predator · butcher · trapper · slaughterman
herdsmancity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
urbanite · townsman · factory worker · office worker · townsfolk