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drover Definition

dro·ver (drōvər)

noun

a person who herds droves of animals, esp. to market

drover Usage Examples

Possessives

  • inn: The Prince of Wales is thought to have been an old drovers ' inn.
  • trail: Follow disused railroad lines, old miners ' and drovers ' trails or enjoy forays in the nearby forests.
  • road: An east-west drover's road runs along the Ouse Valley crossing the north south Roman route from Bicester to Towcester.
  • route: The narrow meadows along Anstey Lane were once part of the drover's route into the city from the surrounding countryside.
  • track: Drovers ' tracks dimly sensing their destiny in the unwitting feet that tramped them into being.
  • path: A tree lined old drover's path leads to open fields recently planted with new oaks, ashes and cherries.

Converse of object

  • follow: From London This follows an old drovers ' road from Stonehenge to Bruton - no towns at all.
  • use: Now submerged under water ( Llyn Brenig ) there must have been a route drovers used through the area known as Brenig.

Adjective modifier

  • Welsh: During the 1800's the pub was a popular resting place for Welsh cattle drovers on their way to Northampton Market.
  • ancient: This ancient drovers ' inn has been modernized with the addition of a dining room with spectacular views.
  • old: The military road winds down to the old drovers Inn near the Gateway to Glencoe.
  • jolly: In the amusements we have referred to does the " jolly drover " while the night away in Abilene.

Modifies a noun

  • trail: These, together with old drovers trails, smugglers paths a. .
  • road: Take a drive on the old drovers road to Glenelg, where a ( summer ) ferry crosses the sea to Skye.
  • route: Villages are clustered along the valley floors, following old drover routes, by rivers.
  • path: The routes do not go high and generally follow old stalkers or drovers paths, but are not way-marked.

Noun used with modifier

  • cattle: The very routes once followed by Rob Roy's cattle drovers in time became the arteries which now carry our modern traffic.
  • sheep: As a boy of nine he helped a sheep drover to drive sheep and sometimes walked 12 miles a day.
  • head: But in early 1712 Rob Roy's head drover, having purchased the cattle, then sold it on and disappeared with the funds.
  • Cattle: Cattle drovers bringing cattle horses and sheep from Northumbria and Scotland regularly came to the town.

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