Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elected officer of a town, charged with the duty of preventing wandering cattle from doing damage, and of impounding strays; a hayward.
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Examples
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The most important person among them was the "head field-driver," who held that position on account of his superior intelligence and fidelity.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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The field-driver takes stray animals to the pound, and then notifies their owner; or if he does not know who is the owner he posts a description of the animals in some such place as the village store or tavern, or has it published in the nearest country newspaper.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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There was once a case before him for a field-driver who had impounded cattle under the old Massachusetts law.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865
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