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transhumance Definition

trans·hu·mance (trans hyo̵̅o̅′məns, tranz-)

noun

seasonal and alternating movement of livestock, together with the persons who tend the herds, between two regions, as lowlands and highlands

Etymology: Fr < transhumer, to practice transhumance < Sp trashumar < tras-, trans- (< L, trans-) + L humus, earth: see humus

transhumance Related Forms
trans·hu′·mant adjective
transhumance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mountain farmers used to follow a practice called transhumance.