drover
1Drover — 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… …
2drover — early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from DROVE (Cf. drove) (n.) …
3drover — [drō′vər] n. a person who herds droves of animals, esp. to market …
4Drover — 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… …
5Drover — 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… …
6drover — [[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 …
7drover — 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 …
8Drover's Tavern — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
9Drover (Australian) — A modern style of droving Sheep droving through the town of Warialda in norther …
10Drover 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 …
