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# herder

«herder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who looks after a group of animals, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a herder, herders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A herder is a person who looks after a group of animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats or reindeer, moving them to fresh grass and keeping them safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#m1)

2) It is also part of names like «cattle herder» or «reindeer herder». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons about how people live in mountains, deserts and the Arctic; in Bible stories, shepherds are herders of sheep. Phrases: «goat herder», «reindeer herder», «a nomadic herder».

### examples

- The herder led his goats up the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x1)
- Reindeer herders in Lapland follow their animals across the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x2)
- A shepherd is a herder of sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x3)
- The cattle herder used a dog to help him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x4)
- Herders in Mongolia live in round tents called gers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x5)
- The herder counted his sheep at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x6)
- In dry years herders must walk far to find water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x7)
- Our story was about a young yak herder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/#x8)

### note

Countable. A herd is the group of animals; a herder is the person. Similar words: shepherd (sheep), cowboy or stockman (cattle), drover (Australia).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «herder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.