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Herdsman

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

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Drover 76% connected

One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

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Herder 76% connected

A herdsman.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Abactor noun · 78% connection

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a rig…

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Alderney noun · 78% connection

One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Je…

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Bevy noun · 78% connection

A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

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Bison noun · 78% connection

The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which form…

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Booly noun · 78% connection

A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like…

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Bound verb · 78% connection

To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded ac…

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Brahma noun · 78% connection

any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…

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Brahman noun · 78% connection

any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…

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Brahmin noun · 78% connection

any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf S…

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Common noun · 78% connection

The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the comm…

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Creaght noun · 78% connection

A drove or herd.

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Drove noun · 78% connection

A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

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Durham noun · 78% connection

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-produc…

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Elaphure noun · 78% connection

large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

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Gregarious adjective · 78% connection

Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.

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Herd noun · 78% connection

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or fa…

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Herdbook noun · 78% connection

A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

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