"drover" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɹəʊ.və/ [UK], /dɹoʊ.vəɹ/ [General-American] Forms: drovers [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ) Etymology: From drove + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drove|er|id2=agent noun}} drove + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} drover (plural drovers)
  1. A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances. Wikipedia link: droving Categories (topical): People Synonyms: drovier [archaic] Translations (person who drives animals): honák [masculine] (Czech), veedrijver [masculine] (Dutch), Viehtreiber [masculine] (German), Viehtreiberin [feminine] (German), hajcsár (Hungarian), marhahajcsár (Hungarian), birkahajcsár (Hungarian), mandriano [masculine] (Italian), bovaro [masculine] (Italian), kaiwhiu (Maori), kaiwhiuwhiu (Maori), بقار (bakkar) (Ottoman Turkish), заго́нщик (zagónščik) [masculine] (Russian), гуртовщи́к (gurtovščík) [masculine] (Russian), перего́нщик скота́ (peregónščik skotá) [masculine] (Russian), пого́нщик (pogónščik) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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