pastoralist

/ ˈpɑːstərəlɪst /

noun

1. a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale

Example Sentences

Over wide tracts the agriculturist, great and small, takes the place of the pastoralist.

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The Australian pastoralist "erected a temporary house, generally of large sheets of bark, in the first instance."

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Had Kingsley been himself a pastoralist, a hundred minute experiences might have obtained expression which he has avoided.

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We have seen that he began as a pastoralist, advanced to be also a gardener, and is now a cultivator of lands under irrigation.

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I am since informed that Alfred is not a pastoralist, but in business, and that Edward has not retired up to date.

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Related Words

• herder
• herdsman