Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Viehtreiber, Viehtreiberin

    заго́нщикzagónščik, гуртовщи́кgurtovščík, перего́нщик скота́peregónščik skotá

More definitions
  • someone who drives a herd

Translations

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Forms

plural: drovers
Singulardrover
Pluraldrovers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who drives a herd:herder

Word family

1 related words

See also

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