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Webster 1913 Edition


Drover

Dro′ver

,
Noun.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
A boat driven by the tide.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drover

DROVER

,
Noun.
1.
One who drives cattle or sheep to market. Usually in New England, a man who makes it his business to purchase fat cattle and drive them to market.
2.
A boat driven by the tide.

Definition 2024


drover

drover

English

Alternative forms

  • drovier (archaic)

Noun

drover (plural drovers)

  1. A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.

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