Word.ws English Dictionary

drovers

drovers is the plural of drover.

Meaning of drover

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.
    Synonyms:
    driver

Phrases with drovers

Questions about drovers

What is drovers the plural of?
Drovers is the plural of drover.

Words near drovers in the dictionary

  1. drover
  2. drover's road
  3. drover's roads
  4. droveroad
  5. droveroads
  6. drovers
  7. drovers' road
  8. drovers' roads
  9. drovers' way
  10. droves
  11. drovest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: drovers (page history and authors); drover (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “drovers.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/drovers. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.