drover n : someone who drives a herd [syn: herder, herdsman]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊvə(r)

Noun

1. A person who drives cattle or sheep over long distances.

A drover is a person who takes livestock "on the hoof" over long distances, see droving and Drover (Australian). Drover can also refer to:

• Drovers' road
• Drover's caboose, a carriage attached to livestock trains in the American southwest
• Drovers Magazine, an American magazine about the livestock industry
• DHA-3 Drover, an Australian-built three-engined light transport aircraft

"Drover" is also used in reference to a type of dog. A drover dog is similar to a herding dog. While herding dogs are used primarily to keep a herd together and/or moved from field to field, drovers are used to "drive" the herd to market and protect them. One example of a dog used for this purpose is the Rottweiler.

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