From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde, from Old English hyrde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. herd , as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.
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