rover

[rovĀ·er]

Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

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One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

Noun
an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

Noun
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life


v. i.
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

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

v. i.
Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
Casual marks at uncertain distances.

v. i.
A sort of arrow.


Rover

Rov"er , n. [D. roover a robber. See Rove, v. i.] 1. 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.
2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler. 3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person. 4. (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. 5. (Archery) (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. Encyc. Brit. (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. Addison.
Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers.

One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

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