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drover

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Agriculture
drov·er /ˈdrəʊvə $ ˈdroʊvər/ noun [countable]  BOTAsomeone who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another in groups 赶牛羊牲畜者
Examples from the Corpus
droverA Smithfield is a leggy type of collie of the sort that bullock drovers used when working cattle half a century ago.The drovers made a fire and put on a pot of coffee and began frying up pancakes and slabs of pork.
drov·er nounChineseSyllable
who Corpus one sheep or from moves someone cattle


drover
drover /ˈdrəʊvə $ ˈdroʊvər/ noun [countable]
someone who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another in groups


droverBrE /ˈdrəʊvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdroʊvər/ 🔊 nouna person who moves groups of cows or sheep from one place to another, especially to market 赶牛羊牲畜者;赶畜群上市者