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Webster 1913 Edition
Drover
Dro′ver
,Noun.
1.
One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
Why, that’s spoken like an honest
drover
; so they sell bullocks. Shakespeare
2.
A boat driven by the tide.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drover
DROVER
,Noun.
1.
One who drives cattle or sheep to market. Usually in New England, a man who makes it his business to purchase fat cattle and drive them to market.2.
A boat driven by the tide.Definition 2025
drover
drover
English
Alternative forms
- drovier (archaic)
Noun
drover (plural drovers)
- A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier: so they sell bullocks.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1