Drover
['drəʊvə] or ['drovɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
(n.) A boat driven by the tide.
Editor: Upton
Examples
- I'll warrant ye, said the drover, holds it and makes money out of it, and then turns round and brands the boy in his right hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That is to say, the Lord made 'em men, and it's a hard squeeze gettin 'em down into beasts, said the drover, dryly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I say, now, said the drover, touching his elbow, there's differences in parsons, an't there? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And the honest drover, in his warmth, endorsed this moral sentiment by firing a perfect _feu de joi_ at the fireplace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Better send orders up to the Lord, to make you a set, and leave out their souls entirely, said the drover. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And he took her, and Mrs Lammle went next, and Mr Lammle went last, savagely following his little flock, like a drover. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The drovers were not enlisted men and he released them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Inputed by Edgar