drover

English

Alternative forms

• drovier (archaic)

Etymology

From drove +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɹəʊ.və/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɹoʊ.vəɹ/
• Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)

Noun

drover (plural drovers)

1. A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier: so they sell bullocks.

   • 1893, W. S. Gilbert, Utopia, Limited, Act I:

     Daily driven / (Wife as drover) / Ill you've thriven-- / Ne'er in clover.

Translations

person who drives animals

• Czech: honák m
• Dutch: veedrijver (nl) m
• German: Viehtreiber (de) m, Viehtreiberin (de) f
• Hungarian: hajcsár (hu), marhahajcsár (hu), birkahajcsár
• Italian: mandriano (it) m, bovaro (it) m
• Maori: kaiwhiu, kaiwhiuwhiu
• Ottoman Turkish: بقار (bakkar)
• Russian: заго́нщик (ru) m (zagónščik), гуртовщи́к (ru) m (gurtovščík), перего́нщик скота́ m (peregónščik skotá), пого́нщик (ru) m (pogónščik)