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Recent Examples of drover
The feature followed an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman).
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
As the sun sets, the drovers go over their final tasks for the day such as feeding and watering the livestock.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 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
The trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between Sarah and the drover and the unavoidable impact of World War II on northern Australia.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
Led by professional drovers, a herd of 17 longhorns march down East Exchange Avenue daily, and each animal represents a decade of the city’s history.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
See a real-life cattle drive Each day at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., visitors line the sidewalks of Exchange Avenue to catch sight of drovers herding Texas Longhorns down the street.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
The drovers are mounted on horseback and dressed in garb similar to what their counterparts wore centuries ago.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
As the sun sets, the drovers go over their final tasks for the day such as feeding and watering the livestock.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 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
The trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between Sarah and the drover and the unavoidable impact of World War II on northern Australia.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
Led by professional drovers, a herd of 17 longhorns march down East Exchange Avenue daily, and each animal represents a decade of the city’s history.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
See a real-life cattle drive Each day at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., visitors line the sidewalks of Exchange Avenue to catch sight of drovers herding Texas Longhorns down the street.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
The drovers are mounted on horseback and dressed in garb similar to what their counterparts wore centuries ago.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drover
Noun
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Alta follows, where guests can take an excursion to visit a Sámi village and learn about the Indigenous and semi-nomadic reindeer herders.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
15 Apr. 2025
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Naadam sources wool from Mongolian herders, and ships it to a group of three Chinese factories to process the material and turn it into sweaters.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.—
Thomas Palmer,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.—
Hari Kumar,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The girl and the cowherd are separated by a celestial river, but are able to be together one day a year when a flock of magpies forms a bridge over it.—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Buford, an Anatolian Pyrenees, brought a missing toddler to safety after a night in the remote wilderness On April 15, a two-year-old Arizona toddler was led to safety by a rancher's dog after the boy spent a night alone in the remote wilderness.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Shooting near Crowley district elementary school closes campus to students → Texas cattle ranchers have reasons to fear tariffs [Get our breaking news alerts.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Drover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drover. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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