Herd

hėrd, n. a number of beasts feeding together, and watched or tended: any collection of beasts, as distinguished from a flock: a company of people, the rabble.— v.i. to run in herds.— v.t. to tend, as a herdsman.— ns. Herd , one who tends a herd; Herd′groom ( Spens. ), a shepherd-lad; Herds′-gra , timothy-gra ; Herds′man , a man employed to herd or tend cattle—( B. ) Herd′man . [A.S. hirde , hierde ; Ger. heerde , Sw. hjord .]