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- noun Plural form of
herdsman .
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Examples
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The name stirs in herdsmen and reapers sentiments of loyalty and liberty, and in the narrator nostalgia for the old days in hope that they will become the future days.
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But what they're holding on to is what they call the best-case scenario, that both Christine and Charlie are injured and that they've taken shelter, they're being helped by a local herdsmen, which is why these search teams have been going door to door.
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The cattle and sheep grazed as if they were never to get another mouthful; and the herdsmen were all splitting wood or making baskets.
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When at last his rival appeared, the fight would take place in grim silence, broken only by the clash of spears and shields, for it was a point of honour with the king not to call the herdsmen to his assistance.
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When at last his rival appeared, the fight would take place in grim silence, broken only by the clash of spears and shields, for it was a point of honour with the king not to call the herdsmen to his assistance.
Chapter 24. The Killing of the Divine King. § 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails 1922
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When at last his rival appeared, the fight would take place in grim silence, broken only by the clash of spears and shields, for it was a point of honour with the king not to call the herdsmen to his assistance.
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a point of honour with the king not to call the herdsmen to his assistance.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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He needed almost a thousand dependable "herdsmen" to be sure of getting his people to follow him when the time came.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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He needed almost a thousand dependable "herdsmen" to be sure of getting his people to follow him when the time came.
Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958
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I'm damned if I don't think we ought to call the herdsmen in, and every man with a loaded gun! "
The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1903
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