Crossword Dictionary
DROVER
drover, drovers - n
a driver of cattle or sheep
Synonyms
bronco, buckaroo, cattleman, cowhand, cowpoke, cowpuncher, gaucho, herdsman, rancher, stockman, vaquero, wrangler
Examples
As a boy of nine he helped a sheep drover to drive sheep and sometimes walked 12 miles a day.
But in early 1712 Rob Roy's head drover, having purchased the cattle, then sold it on and disappeared with the funds.
There were many ways by which the dishonest drover could dupe the English grazier.
Here he spent two more years on a farm, and then, securing employment as a drover, worked his way to Philadelphia and finally to Albany, New York, where for two years he taught school, studied medicine, and was a labourer on the Erie Canal.
Etymology
"one who drives cattle or sheep to market," early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from drove (n.).