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BNC: 33840 COCA: 37685

drover

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
drover /ˈdroʊvɚ/ noun
plural drovers
drover
/ˈdroʊvɚ/
noun
plural drovers
Learner's definition of DROVER
[count] chiefly British
: a person who moves groups of animals (such as cattle or sheep) from one place to another赶牲畜的人
BNC: 33840 COCA: 37685

drover

noun

drov·​er ˈdrō-vər How to pronounce drover (audio)
: one who drives cattle or sheep

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Gayle’s story, that founder is Cow Tom, a Black cattle drover and a translator for Creeks who refused to speak English. Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 The trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between Sarah and the drover and the unavoidable impact of World War II. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2022 Historically, a fourth of the drovers were African-American; a third were Hispanic, and many were from the British Isles. Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020 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, 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, 1 Aug. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drover was in the 15th century
BNC: 33840 COCA: 37685

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