overlander
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
overlander (plural overlanders)
- One who travels overland.
- (Australia) A drover who herds large groups of sheep or cattle over long distances.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 219:
- The first overlander was Mr. Darcy Uhr, who arrived from Queensland with cattle in 1872.