n.
Pronunciation: ' h ə rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerd ž ius shepherd
Date: before 12th century
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 \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective