What is another word for drovers?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈə͡ʊvəz] (IPA)

Drovers are individuals who manage the movement of herds, most commonly of cattle, along long distances, usually to market or a better grazing area. The synonym for the term drovers include cattle drivers, stockmen, cowherds, herders, cowboys, cattlemen, and ranchers. Cattle drivers are responsible for driving herds of cattle across long distances, and they are often associated with the Wild West. Cowherds, like drovers, supervise cattle on the grazing field and ensure the safety of the animals. Herders may be responsible for moving animals on short distances, while cowboys are more commonly associated with managing herds on horseback, while ranchers are typically owners of large farms with cattle.

What are the hypernyms for Drovers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • Now the entire herd had begun to wheel wider and faster along the bluff and the outermost ranks swung centrifugally over the escarpment row on row wailing and squealing and above this the howls and curses of the drovers that now upreared in the moil of flesh they tended and swept with dust had begun to assume satanic looks with their staves and wild eyes as if they were no true swineheards but disciples of darkness got among these charges to herd them to their doom.
    Cormac McCarthy

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