Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
herdsman .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, husbandry and keeping cattle might be regarded as jointly the occupation of the person questioned: then Am 7: 14, "herdman," will accord with English
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amazi'ah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amos 7. 1999
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"I was," saith he, "no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy."
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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It is none of the least blessings wherewith God hath endued this island that it is void of noisome beasts, as lions, bears, tigers, pardes, wolves, and such like, by means whereof our countrymen may travel in safety, and our herds and flocks remain for the most part abroad in the field without any herdman or keeper.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Amos the herdman and Hosea his contemporary follow.
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How easy to find the herdman, or the silly woman, who will endure a trial on Christian principles to far better purpose than many of your rich, your great men!
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Towards the herdman-kings who walked the earth and spoke with God,
Lincoln 1922
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Towards the herdman-kings who walked the earth and spoke with God,
Lincoln 1919
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