drover

noun

drov·er | \ ˈdrō-vər

Definition of drover

: one who drives cattle or sheep

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Drovers from as far away as Ohio mingled with the local butchers waiting their turn at the public slaughterhouse nearby. — Emily S. Rueb, New York Times, "Awakening the Bowery’s Ghosts," 12 Feb. 2016 Established in the 1880s to collect tolls for cattle drovers moving across the borders of pre-federation Australia, Birdsville was once a thriving frontier town. — Clarissa Sebag-montefiore, New York Times, "How Does an Australian Town of 100 Attract Tourists? A Music Festival and Camel Pie," 1 Aug. 2016

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drover

noun

chiefly British : a person who moves groups of animals (such as cattle or sheep) from one place to another