Drover or Drovers may refer to:
Animal moving
* Drover, a person who moves animals over long distances in
droving
Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances. It is a type of herding. Droving stock to market—usually on foot and often with the aid of dogs—has a very long history in the Old World. An owner might entrust an agent to deli ...
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Drover (Australian)
A drover in Australia is a person, typically an experienced stockman, who moves livestock, usually sheep, cattle, and horses "on the hoof" over long distances. Reasons for droving may include: delivering animals to a new owner's property, t ...
, a person who moves animals over long distances in Australia
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Drover (dog)
A herding dog, also known as a stock dog, shepherd dog, sheep dog or working dog, is a type of dog that either has been trained in herding or belongs to breeds that are developed for herding.
Herding behavior
All herding behavior is m ...
, a dog used for droving
People
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Sam Drover
Samuel Drover (1911 in Hodge's Cove, Trinity Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland – June 20, 2005) was a longtime member of Newfoundland's House of Assembly and founded the Newfoundland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a social democ ...
(1911–2005), Canadian politician
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Shawn Drover (born 1966), Canadian heavy metal drummer
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Glen Drover
Glen Drover (born May 25, 1969) is a Canadian heavy metal guitarist from Ottawa, Ontario. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of Megadeth and King Diamond, along with his brother Shawn Drover who also performed with Megadeth.
History
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(born 1969), Canadian heavy metal guitarist
Vehicles
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de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
The de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover is a small transport aircraft that was built by de Havilland Australia (DHA) in the 1940s and 1950s. The aircraft had some similarities with the two-engine British-built de Havilland Dove but used a trim ...
, a small transport aircraft
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Holden Drover
Drover or Drovers may refer to:
Animal moving
* Drover, a person who moves animals over long distances in droving
* Drover (Australian), a person who moves animals over long distances in Australia
* Drover (dog), a dog used for droving
People
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, a sport utility vehicle
Other
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Drovers (fictional farm), a fictional farm in the television drama ''McLeod's Daughters''
* ''
Drovers Magazine
''Drovers, America's beef business source'' (popularly referred to as ''Drovers Magazine'' or ''Drovers'') is a monthly magazine that claims to be the oldest livestock publication in the United States. It derives its name from Drovers which is a ...
'', a monthly magazine
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The Drovers
The Drovers was a Chicago-based rock band whose original songs are influenced by Irish traditional dance music.
Founded by Irish traditional fiddler Sean Cleland in 1988, the group recorded four albums and soundtrack music for the motion pictur ...
, a Chicago rock band
*Drover, a character from the ''
Hank the Cowdog
''Hank the Cowdog'' is a long-running, ongoing series of children's books written by John R. Erickson and illustrated originally by Gerald L. Holmes, and later by Nikki Earley. The books follow Hank, a dog that views himself as the "Head of R ...
'' books
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Drover (company)
Drover was a London-based company providing vehicle subscriptions.
Users paid a recurring fee for the right to use a car with insurance, maintenance, tax, MOT and breakdown coverage, and could swap vehicles during the subscription or to cancel ...
, a London-based company
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USAO Drovers
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) is a public liberal arts college in Chickasha, Oklahoma. It is the only public college in Oklahoma with a strictly liberal arts–focused curriculum and is a member of the Council of Pub ...
, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma team nickname
See also
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Drovers' road
A drovers' road, drove ''roador droveway is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance). Many drovers' roads were ancient routes of unknown age; oth ...
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Stock route
A stock route, also known as travelling stock route (TSR), is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock routes across the country are colloquially ...
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Drovers Cave National Park
Drovers Cave National Park is a national park in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, northwest of Perth. The nearest town is Jurien Bay to the west.
The area is composed of limestone and numerous caves are known to exist within t ...
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Drovers Inn
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