drover

drover
Synonyms and related words:
Gyropilot, automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, cattleman, cicerone, courier, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, coxswain, dragoman, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, guide, guidepost, guider, 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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  • Drover — 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. [1913 Webster] Why, that s spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A boat… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drover — early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from DROVE (Cf. drove) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • drover — [drō′vər] n. a person who herds droves of animals, esp. to market …   English World dictionary

  • Drover — A drover is a person who drives animals in droving. Depending on dialect, drover may be synonymous with teamster. Occupations in droving include: Drover (Australian), a person who moves animals over long distances in Australia Cattle drives in… …   Wikipedia

  • Drover — This rare name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from an occupational surname given in the first instance to someone employed as a drover, one who drove herds of cattle or sheep to market, for example. The name derives from the… …   Surnames reference

  • drover — [[t]dro͟ʊvə(r)[/t]] drovers N COUNT A drover is someone whose job is to make sheep or cattle move from one place to another in groups …   English dictionary

  • drover — drove [2] ► NOUN 1) a flock of animals being driven. 2) a large number of people doing the same thing: tourists arrived in droves. ► VERB historical ▪ drive (livestock) to market. DERIVATIVES drover noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • Drover's Tavern — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Drover (Australian) — A modern style of droving Sheep droving through the town of Warialda in norther …   Wikipedia

  • Drover Heide — Die Drover Heide ist ein etwa 670 ha großes Naturschutzgebiet im Kreis Düren in Nordrhein Westfalen. Es liegt in den Gemeinden Kreuzau und Vettweiß. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bodenverhältnisse 2 Truppenübungsplatz 3 Beschreibung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • drover's dog — like a drover s dog Drover s dog has been used since the 1940s in various similes, usually uncomplimentary a head like a drover s dog (big and ugly), all prick and ribs like a drover s dog (lean and hungry), and leaking like a drover s dog (as in …   Australian idioms

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