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rover

1

[ roh-ver ]

noun

  1. a person who roves; wanderer.
  2. Archery.
    1. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.
    2. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.
    3. an archer who shoots at such a mark.
  3. Croquet. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.
  4. British.
    1. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.
    2. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.


rover

2

[ roh-ver ]

noun

  1. a pirate.
  2. Obsolete. a pirate ship.

rover

3

[ roh-ver ]

noun

  1. a machine that twists, draws out, and cleans fibers prior to spinning; a roving machine.
  2. a roving-machine operator.

Rover

4

[ roh-ver ]

noun

  1. a familiar name for a dog.

rover

1

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

  1. a machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine
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Rover

2

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

  1. the former name for Venture Scout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rover

3

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

  1. a person who roves; wanderer
  2. archery a mark selected at random for use as a target
  3. croquet a ball that has been driven through all the hoops but has not yet hit the winning peg
  4. Australian rules football one of the three players in the ruck, usually smaller than the other two, selected for his agility in play
  5. a small remote-controlled vehicle which roams over rough, esp extraterrestrial, terrain taking photographs, gathering rock and soil samples, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rover

4

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

  1. a pirate or pirate ship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rover1

First recorded in 1490–1500; rove 1 + -er 1

Origin of rover2

First recorded in 1350–1400 rover 2fordef 1 and in 1530–40 rover 2fordef 2; Middle English rover(e) “pirate,” from Middle Dutch rover(e) or Middle Low German rover “robber,” equivalent to roven “to rob” + -er; reave 1; -er 1( def )

Origin of rover3

First recorded in 1735–45; rove 3 + -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rover1

C18: from rove ²

Origin of rover2

C15: from rove 1

Origin of rover3

C14: probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from roven to rob
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Example Sentences

Rover engineers say they also hope to hear the wheels crunch as the rover drives.

“We found the parking lot and hit it,” Chen said, avoiding dangerous terrain that was all but certain to doom the rover.

Onboard systems tracked the surface for hazards during descent and steered the rover away from any threats.

Mars is far enough away from Earth that any radio signal we send the rover takes seven minutes to reach Mars.

From Vox

The voyage culminated in the skycrane gently lowering the rover to the surface before rocketing off to land at a safe distance.

However, several probes—most recently the Curiosity rover—have measured methane in the Martian atmosphere.

Jeep steadily gave up a market it had created to rivals, particularly Toyota and Range Rover.

But the runaway best example of the game is another cluster of British luxury vehicles—Range Rover, Land Rover and Jaguar.

The prototype Land Rover was designed by a Jeep owner and built on a Jeep chassis.

Knee deep in mud, sweat mixing with rain, they forced the Land Rover through the jungle.

The great big dog is named Rover, the middle-sized one Brownie, and the little yellow curly one Wienerwurst.

But once when Hepzebiah fell in the pond after her doll, Rover swam in and caught her dress in his mouth and brought her to shore.

Under the big oak by the brook sat the three happy children with Rover, Brownie, and little yellow Wienerwurst.

Rover and Brownie and Wienerwurst lay curled up in their kennels, with their eyes tight shut.

A strange word for the old rover; but we all have a taste for home and the home-like, disguise it how we may.

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