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sheepherder

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

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In the summer of 1869 famed naturalist John Muir landed a job as a sheepherder in the Sierra Nevada in order to finance a return to the forests and alpine landscapes he so dearly loved. Source: Internet

She watched in horror as "rebel groups" murdered her father in her family's living room, emptying their entire magazine of bullets into him because her father, a sheepherder, would not give them his money. Source: Internet

The turmoil had started the previous year, on March 27, 1914, when a Mexican sheepherder, Juan Chacon, was murdered out on the range in… Source: Internet

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