SHEEPMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheepman mean? 

• SHEEPMAN (noun)
  The noun SHEEPMAN has 2 senses:

1. a man who raises (or tends) sheep

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

  Familiarity information: SHEEPMAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEEPMAN (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sheepherder; sheepman; shepherd

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)