drover
Meaning
A person who moves livestock over long distances, especially along stock routes.
Example
The drover brought a thousand head of cattle down from the Gulf.
Origin
From 'drove', to drive livestock.
Nearby words
- drop your bundleTo lose your nerve; to go to pieces or give up.
- dropkickA stupid, contemptible or useless person.
- dropperA light vertical batten of wood or wire fixed to the wires of a fence between posts to keep the wires evenly…
- drought-breakerA heavy, soaking fall of rain that ends a drought.
- drover's dogA nobody; anyone at all, as in 'a drover's dog could have won it'.
- druggoA drug addict or habitual drug user.
- drumReliable information or a tip, as in 'give someone the drum'.
- drummerThe slowest shearer in a shed. Dated.