Overlander
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overlander is a noun meaning One who travels overland.
Meaning
One who travels overland.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A drover who herds large groups of sheep or cattle over long distances.
Example Sentences
The first overlander was Mr. Darcy Uhr, who arrived from Queensland with cattle in 1872.
Sarah was a nurse from Devon and an “overlander”, one of our group of 20 travelling across Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia in a Mercedes-Benz truck.
The overlanders are, nearly all, men in the prime of youth, whose occupation it is to convey large herds of stock from market to market, and from colony to colony.
The Overland Riders walked their horses after making the turn, there being no need for haste, as no one believed that the lumberjacks would follow, and further, the Overlanders were looking for a suitable camping place for the night.
Word Forms
- overlanders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include traveller, land-farer, venturer, wanderer, travellour, travelour.
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