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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespastoraliste
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pas.tɔ.ʁa.list
"Le pastoraliste voyage à travers les steppes avec son troupeau."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A breeder and keeper of grazing animals such as sheep, cattle, or goats, typically engaging in nomadism or transhumance.
"The pastoralist moved his herd across the seasonal grasslands to find fresh pasture." - 2
A person who advocates or writes about rural or pastoral life, art, or literature.
"As an avid pastoralist, his paintings celebrated the simple beauty of rural agrarian landscapes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English adjective 'pastoral' (from Latin 'pastoralis', relating to shepherds, from 'pastor' meaning shepherd), combined with the agent suffix '-ist'. It emerged in the 19th century amidst anthropological and geographical studies describing societies engaged in the husbandry of grazing animals.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pastoralist" is said worldwide
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pastoraliste
Transliteration: pas.tɔ.ʁa.list
"Le pastoraliste voyage à travers les steppes avec son troupeau."
Pastoralist
Transliteration: pas.to.ʁaˈlɪst
"Der Pastoralist zieht mit seinen Tieren durch das Grasland."
pastoralista
Transliteration: pas.to.raˈli.sta
"Il pastoralista guida il gregge verso i pascoli montani."
pastoralista
Transliteration: pas.to.ɾaˈlis.ta
"El pastoralista busca constantemente nuevos pastos para su ganado."
pastoril
Transliteration: pas.tuˈɾil
"O pastoril conduz o rebanho pelas savanas."
पशुपालक
Transliteration: pashupalak
"पशुपालक अपने मवेशियों को लेकर नए चारागाह की तलाश में निकला।"
牧民
Transliteration: mùmín
"牧民带着他们的牛羊在草原上逐水草而居。"
목축업자
Transliteration: mok-chuk-eop-ja
"목축업자는 가축을 데리고 풀밭을 찾아 이동합니다."
牧畜民
Transliteration: bokuchikumin
"牧畜民は家畜とともに草原を移動して生活する。"
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