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Herdman vs Headman - What's the difference?

herdman | headman |

As nouns the difference between herdman and headman

is that herdman is (obsolete) someone who herds animals; a herdsman while headman is .

herdman

English

Noun

(herdmen)
  • (obsolete) Someone who herds animals; a herdsman.
  • *1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke VIII:
  • *:And the heerd toke their course, and ran heedlynge into the lake, and wer choked. when the herdmen sawe what had chaunsed, they fleed, and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.

    • headman

    English

    Noun

    (headmen)
  • (informal) headmaster
    • The headman came and talked to me.

    Related terms

    * hetman