herd

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.

1. Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.

   “Near-synonym: herdsman”

   “John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.

1. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
2. To form or put into a herd.
3. To move or drive a herd.

   “I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.”