drover
Livestock trail worker
A drover is someone who drives livestock, typically cattle or sheep, over long distances to market.
The occupation was especially prominent before railroads, when animals had to be walked hundreds of miles: The drovers pushed the herd north along the trail.
The word persists in place names and historical contexts but describes few modern jobs.
Livestock raiser or tender
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- cattlemanOne who raises bovines
- cowhandRanch livestock worker
herd · livestock · steer · heifer · bull · roundup · branding · corral
Feeding on pasture
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- bucolicIdyllically rural
paddock · station · outback · bushland · stockwhip · campfire · swag · bush
stockman
Livestock raiser or tender
cowhand · herd · livestock · steer · heifer · bull · roundup · branding · corral · stockyard
grazing
Feeding on pasture
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
bucolic · paddock · station · outback · bushland · stockwhip · campfire · swag · bush · mustering
wagon
Wheeled hauling vehicle
- migrationMovement to new territory
- westwardToward the sunset
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
caravan · frontier · homestead · settler · prairie · trek · overlander · droving · camp · billabong
shepherd
One who tends flocks
mustering · wool · lamb · ewe · ram · shearing · sheepfold · stockman · sheepherder · lambing
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Australasiakangaroo, koala, Sydney, Melbourne, outback
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- livestock workerscowboy, cattleman, cowherd, cowhand, goatherd
- Old Jobsblacksmith, farrier, wheelwright, chandler, apothecary
droverrancher
One who raises livestock
landowner · pastoralist · grazier · cattle baron · homesteader
droverhomesteader
One who settles wilderness land
settler · townsman · shopkeeper · clerk · storekeeper
droverrancher
One who raises livestock
cattle baron · squatter · station master · landowner · buyer
- drove offCaused to flee
- drove awayCaused to depart
- drove someone crazyCaused extreme frustration
- drove someone nutsExtremely annoyed someone
- in drovesIn large numbers
- drove home