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Word entry · 6 letters

herder

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"Stock watcher"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɜːdə/Part of speech nounSorted deehrrStarts with HEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. someone who drives a herd

Word origin

From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: herdsman

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