Definition of herd

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Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle..

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Herder :: Herder (n.) A herdsman.
Potshare :: Potshare (n.) A potsherd.
Gregarious :: Gregarious (a.) Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.
Vacher :: Vacher (n.) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..
Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Sherd :: Sherd (n.) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard..
Shepherd :: Shepherd (n.) The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
Rascal :: Rascal (a.) Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.
Herdic :: Herdic (n.) A kind of low-hung cab.
Timothy Grass :: Timothy grass () A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix..
Swan-hopping :: Swanherd (n.) One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England..
Swinepipe :: Swineherd (n.) A keeper of swine.
Herdbook :: Herdbook (n.) A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register..
Hacienda :: Hacienda (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions..
Herdgroom :: Herdgroom (n.) A herdsman.
Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..
Herdsman :: Herdsman (n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
Herded :: Herded (imp. & p. p.) of Her.
Herdess :: Herdess (n.) A shepherdess; a female herder.
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