herdsman

Questions about herdsman

What does herdsman mean?

herdsman means "someone who drives a herd".

How many syllables are in herdsman?

herdsman has 2 syllables and divides as herd-sman under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for herdsman?

Close synonyms include herder, drover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is herdsman a common word?

herdsman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.