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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Once selected, the birds then set off with a "drover", covering about three miles each day.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 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
The sound of a wagon trundling along comes from behind us, and I look back to see a drover sitting at the reins.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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