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pastoralist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English pastoral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pastoralist From pastoral + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Having features common to pastoralism.
    • a pastoralist society

Forms

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more pastoralist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pastoralist Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

silvopastoralist

Translations (1)

fr pastoraliste (having features common to pastoralism)

pastoralist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English pastoral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pastoralist From pastoral + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text As our truck weaves through flocks of sheep and goats, Virani explains how the Maasai have in recent years leased their land, which rings the northern section of the Masai Mara National Reserve, to conservancies established to protect wildlife by excluding pastoralists and their livestock.

Forms

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pastoralists Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

farmer · herder · rancher

Deriveds

agropastoralist

Translations (2)

uk скота́р (person involved in pastoralism) · uk скота́рка (person involved in pastoralism)