ˈdrōgə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Dutch droger (formerly spelled drogher ), literally, drier (i.e., of herring), from drogen to dry (from droog dry, from Middle Dutch drōge ) + -er — more at dry
1. : a sailing barge used in the West Indian coastal trade especially in the Gulf of Paria
2. : a clumsy cargo boat especially of coasting type
a pulpwood drogher lumbering up the tide-torn river — S.W.Dean & Marguerite Marshall
3. : carrier , porter
one of our best and most reliable droghers had brought his woman along to carry rations and dunnage — P.A.Zahl