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Synonyms for drover

Most common

driver cowboy herder

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.

Related words

Phrases
cattle drover
Is a kind of
worker person

Forms

Plural
drovers → herders, cowboys, drivers…

Example sentences

  • driver The police blamed the accident on the taxi driver.
  • cowboy Do you know where I might find small cowboy boots?
  • herder Tom moved to Finland and became a reindeer herder.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
droverrising
driverrising
cowboyrising
herderrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
driver2, cowboy2, herder2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (driver2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
bouvier
Italiano
bovaro