Meaning of DROVER
| Pronunciation: | | 'drowvur
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who drives a herd |
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| | Synonyms: | | herder, herdsman |
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| | See Also: | | goatherd, goatherder, hand, hired hand, hired man, pigman, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, swineherd | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dro"ver\, n.
1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it
his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they
sell bullocks. --Shak.
2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, cattleman, cicerone, courier, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, coxswain, dragoman, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, guide, guidepost, guider, Gyropilot, helmsman, herd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse wrangler, horseherd, mercury, navigator, pigman, pilot, pointer, puncher, river pilot, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, shepherdess, steerer, steersman, swanherd, swineherd, tour director, tour guide, vaquero, waddy, wrangler |
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