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SHEEPMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

Synonyms:

sheepherder; sheepman; shepherd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sheepman" is a kind of...):

drover; herder; herdsman (someone who drives a herd)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheepman"):

shepherdess (a woman shepherd)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A man who raises (or tends) sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sheepman" is a kind of...):

stock farmer; stock raiser; stockman (farmer who breed or raises livestock)

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