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HERDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who drives a herd

Synonyms:

drover; herder; herdsman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("herder" is a kind of...):

hand; hired hand; hired man (a hired laborer on a farm or ranch)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herder"):

goat herder; goatherd (a person who tends a flock of goats)

sheepherder; sheepman; shepherd (a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock)

pigman; swineherd (a herder or swine)

Derivation:

herd (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together)

herd (keep, move, or drive animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)

Synonyms:

Herder; Johann Gottfried von Herder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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