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rover

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  --Holland. 
 
  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. 
  --B.  Jonson 
 
  {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.  --Robynson 
  (More's 
  Utopia). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rover 
  n  :  someone  who  leads  a  wandering  unsettled  life  [syn:  {wanderer}, 
  {roamer},  {bird  of  passage}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rover,  AR 
  Zip  code(s):  72860




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