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/rˈoʊvər/ Listen

noun

Rover n.

One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate. "Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships."

One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

(Croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.

(Archery)

(a)

Casual marks at uncertain distances.

(b)

A sort of arrow. (Obs.) "All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts."

At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers. See def. 5 (a) above. "Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers."

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Etymology of 'Rover'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rover" Quotes from Famous Books

... A space rover has no business with a family. But what can a man in the full vigor of youth do—if his heart cries out for ...

— The Hoofer • Walter M. Miller

... Inchcape Rock was seen, A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph, the Rover, walked his deck, And he fixed his ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... when apostrophe S had plodded by. Rover cycleshop. Those races are on today. How long ago is that? Year Phil Gilligan died. We were in Lombard street west. Wait: was in Thom's. Got the job in Wisdom Hely's year we married. Six years. Ten years ago: ninetyfour ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... the Hope Farm before the dew was off the grass on the shady side of the lane; the great house-dog was loose, basking in the sun, near the closed side door. I was surprised at this door being shut, for all summer long it was open from morning to night; but it was only on latch. I opened it, Rover watching me with half-suspicious, half-trustful ...

— Cousin Phillis • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... outsiders in any such way as this," declared the first selectman, once on the ground. "Folks has allus cal'lated on your stealin' about so much here in town in the run of a year, and haven't made no great fuss about it. But we ain't goin' to harbor and protect any general Red Rover and have it slurred against this town. Take down that scantlin' stuff and let this ...

— The Skipper and the Skipped - Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul • Holman Day

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