pastoralist

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


The squatters are droppingtheir old name for this new one. A Pastoralist is a sheep orcattle-farmer, the distinction between him and an Agriculturistbeing, that cultivation, if he undertakes it at all, is a minorconsideration with him.

1891. March 15 [Title]:

«The Pastoralists' Review,» No. 1.

1892. `Scribner's Magazine,' Feb., p. 147:

«A combination has been formed by the squatters under the nameof the Pastoralists' Union.»