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drover

/ˈdɹəʊ.və/US/ˈdɹoʊ.vəɹ/

drover noun: a person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.

drover: a person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination),...
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Noun

drover (plural drovers)

  1. A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.
    • In the present day, we take it for granted that livestock are transported by truck or rail, but in past centuries, they were driven by drovers, and a herd might be met on any street, road, or highway.
    • Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier: so they sell bullocks.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    driver

drover meaning in Tamil

drover in Tamil

கால்நடை வணிகர்

Synonyms of drover

Forms of drover

pluraldrovers
alternative formdrovier

Origin of drover

From drove + -er.

Words formed from drover

Words that rhyme with drover

Questions about drover

What does drover mean?
Drover means a person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.
What is drover in Tamil?
Drover in Tamil is கால்நடை வணிகர். See Drover meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is drover?
Drover is a noun.
How do you pronounce drover?
Drover is pronounced /ˈdɹəʊ.və/ (UK).
What is the plural of drover?
The plural of drover is drovers.

Words near drover in the dictionary

  1. drove to drink
  2. drove truck
  3. drove up
  4. droved
  5. droven
  6. drover
  7. drover's road
  8. drover's roads
  9. droveroad
  10. droveroads
  11. drovers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drover (page history and authors); drover (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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