Definition of "droves" []

• Plural form of drove. (noun)

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• "Business and population are fleeing in droves from the state."
• "Christians are fleeing in droves from the southern Baghdad district of Dora after Sunni insurgents told them they would be killed unless they converted to Islam or left, according to Christian leaders and families who fled."
• "The reason that you have Korean school kids coming here in droves is that your excellent review (five stars, eh?) got a lot of media coverage in Korea yesterday."