drover

[ droh-ver ]

noun

1. a person who drives cattle or sheep to market.
2. a dealer in cattle.

drover

/ ˈdrəʊvə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drover¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See drove ², -er ¹

Example Sentences

As part of the Transhumance Festival, organizers make a symbolic payment for the right to use the drovers’ route that crosses the capital.

From Seattle Times

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

At one end of town, three drovers head their teams of oxen through the streets and into the surrounding hills to haul down freshly cut pine trunks on narrow carts.

From Seattle Times

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 Literature

The trains consisted of eight to 10 stock cars, a boxcar carrying feed and supplies and a caboose carrying railroad crew and drovers who managed the livestock, according to the museum.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• breeder
• herder
• herdsman