drover

[ droh-ver ]
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noun
  1. a person who drives cattle or sheep to market.

  2. a dealer in cattle.

Origin of drover

1
1350–1400; Middle English. See drove2, -er1

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How to use drover in a sentence

  • It will cool the weather and freshen the grass, and every drover with herds on the trail will push forward for Ogalalla.

    Wells Brothers | Andy Adams

British Dictionary definitions for drover

drover

/ (ˈdrəʊvə) /


noun
  1. a person whose occupation is the driving of sheep or cattle, esp to and from market

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