A rat catcher
A Shepherd. )Sheep Herdsman)
Shepherd
a farmer
A sheep-sitter? A farmer, a shepherder
You would call someone who looks after sheep a shepherd.
Someone who has the experience in handling, feeding, and caring for these animals. They have to know what the animals eat, what makes them sick, their breeding schedules/behaviour, conformation, etc. People who look after sheep are called shepherds, and those who own/look after cattle are called cattlemen/-women.
herdman
A Shepherd looks after a flock of sheep.
a farmer
shepherd or shepherdess
A sheep-sitter? A farmer, a shepherder
shepherd
A shepherd is a person that looks after a flock of sheep.
Someone who looks after sheep is called a shepherd.
There are no antonyms for the word 'shepherdess'. It means 'a woman who looks after sheep', which is too complex an idea to have a word with an opposite meaning. The word 'shepherd' means 'a person who looks after sheep', but even if you interpreted it more narrowly as 'a man who looks after sheep', it would still not be an antonym of 'shepherdess'.
You would call someone who looks after sheep a shepherd.
no, not to a real person. but to a sheep its a real name.
A rancher or herdsman.
Sheep herder or shepherd either is okay although shepherd is better.