Herdsman

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herdman \Herd"man\, Herdsman \Herds"man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
     The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in
     tending a herd of cattle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  herdsman
       n : someone who drives a herd [syn: {herder}, {drover}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "herdsman":
     Gyropilot, automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, cattleman,
     cicerone, courier, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman,
     cowpuncher, coxswain, dragoman, drover, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy,
     gooseherd, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herd, herder,
     hogherd, horse wrangler, horseherd, mercury, navigator, pigman,
     pilot, pointer, puncher, river pilot, sheepherder, sheepman,
     shepherd, shepherdess, steerer, steersman, swanherd, swineherd,
     tour director, tour guide, vaquero, waddy, wrangler
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Herdsman
     In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of
     Joseph's brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh's cattle (Gen.
     47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as "keepers of
     cattle;" and when they left it they took their flocks and herds
     with them (Ex. 12:38). Both David and Saul came from "following
     the herd" to occupy the throne (1 Sam. 9; 11:5; Ps. 78:70).
     David's herd-masters were among his chief officers of state. The
     daughters also of wealthy chiefs were wont to tend the flocks of
     the family (Gen. 29:9; Ex. 2:16). The "chief of the herdsmen"
     was in the time of the monarchy an officer of high rank (1 Sam.
     21:7; comp. 1 Chr. 27:29). The herdsmen lived in tents (Isa.
     38:12; Jer. 6:3); and there were folds for the cattle (Num.
     32:16), and watch-towers for the herdsmen, that he might
     therefrom observe any coming danger (Micah 4:8; Nah. 3:8).