DCHP-1 Online
sheepherder † West 
n. a person who looks after flocks of sheep in the range country.
See also: sheepman
- 1903 At dawn the next day a sheepherder seeking lost Sheep discovered her from a neighboring hill.
- 1953 . . . the majority of Alberta sheep are out on range in care of a "sheepherder." (Not a "shepherd" in the West, where terms vary from traditional phrases.)
- 1963 . . . the men who are the backbone of the range sheep industry [are] the sheepherders, as we call the Scottish, Mexican, or Basco (Basque) shepherds.
- 1903 At dawn the next day a sheepherder seeking lost Sheep discovered her from a neighboring hill.