HERDSMAN in a Sentence

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For HERDSMAN, below is one of 6 sentences:
"Put it with the herd of oxen," he said to the herdsman, who was waiting for him at the steps with some question.

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 Meanings and Examples of HERDSMAN
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herdsman
 n.  owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle
Classic Sentence:
1  The herdsman ran gaily to get ready for the meadow.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 13
2  "Put it with the herd of oxen," he said to the herdsman, who was waiting for him at the steps with some question.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 8
3  And taking the lighted torch from the hands of the herdsman, he preceded his guests, not as a servant who performs an act of civility, but like a king who precedes ambassadors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
4  There were three hundred and sixty boar pigs, and the herdsman's four hounds, which were as fierce as wolves, slept always with them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
5  To a herd of rams, the ram the herdsman drives each evening into a special enclosure to feed and that becomes twice as fat as the others must seem to be a genius.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  The animals were herded into the fold by the herdsman.