herd

One entry found for herd.

Main Entry: ¹herd
Pronunciation: 'h&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerdzius shepherd
1 a : a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control b : a congregation of gregarious wild animals
2 a (1) : a group of people usually having a common bond <a herd of tourists> (2) : a large assemblage of like things b : the undistinguished masses : CROWD <isolate the individual prophets from the herd -- Norman Cousins>
- herd·like /-"lIk/ adjective