Thesaurus results for DROVER

drover

noun

Definition of drover

as in herdsman

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Recent Examples of drover Rocky Shahan as Joe Scarlet Rocky Shahan played a supporting drover, Joe Scarlet. — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025 The feature followed an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024 Historians estimate Black drovers, trainers, breeders, and herders—who were collectively referred to as cowboys—made up as much as a quarter of working ranch hands during the heyday of open-range ranching in the second half of the 19th century. — TIME, 12 Apr. 2024 Lancashire heelers are drovers, meaning they have been used to herd cattle and other livestock. — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drover

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The military has also been stretched by efforts to combat armed gangs carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom, and fighting between semi-nomadic herdsmen and settled farmers in states across the center of the country.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes the Herdsman, which resembles a giant kite more than a herdsman.

— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026

Definition of herdsman

Noun

These preliminary results underscore how heat, behavior and health all come together in real time for herders.

— Anne Pisor, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The herder cared for Pantoja, keeping him warm with animal skins, teaching him to milk the goats, and how to hunt rabbits with a stick.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of herder

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The establishment celebrates its nearly 70 years of Vegas connections, from Mafia chieftains (The Mob Room dining space) to Elvis to the Rat Pack to gamblers and cattlemen.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Kirk Wilbur, vice president of government affairs cattlemen’s association, said the organization is concerned about that division of funding — especially if funding is reduced.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of cattleman

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In Chinese mythology, Zhinü, a weaver girl represented by the Vega star, falls in love with Niulang, a cowherd embodied by the Altair star.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
It’s attributed to a cowherd named Caedmon, who is thought to have composed the poem in a burst of inspiration following a religious dream.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 May 2026

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