drover
Americannoun
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a person who drives cattle or sheep to market.
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a dealer in cattle.
noun
Etymology
Origin of drover
Example Sentences
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Most people complete the route, which follows cattle drover paths and 18th Century military roads, over six or seven days.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
She said the experience drover her to create the Biden Breast Health Initiative, which educated young girls in Delaware about breast health.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
The story is not really about the cow; it’s about Harrison buying a cow from a Maryland drover who was unaware he was talking to the president.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
It focuses on a Pennine valley – thursbitch means “demon valley” in Old English – where, 300 years ago, a drover is found dead in the snow next to the print from a woman’s shoe.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2020
Recalled by the rumbling of wheels to the road before me, I saw a heavily-laden waggon labouring up the hill, and not far beyond were two cows and their drover.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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