herdman

/hˈɝdmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete

name

"And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages."

From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man.

herdmen (plural) Herdmans (plural)

erdman erdmann gerdeman

Questions

How do you pronounce herdman?

The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɝdmən/.

What does herdman mean?

Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.

Where does herdman come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce herdman

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