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 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

Rover

²

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

1. the former name for Venture Scout

rover

³

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

1. a pirate or pirate ship

rover

⁴

/ ˈrəʊvə /

noun

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

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 ² for def. 1 and in 1530–40 rover ² for def. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rover¹

C15: from _rove ¹

Origin of rover²

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

Origin of rover³

C18: from _rove ²

Example Sentences

Those enjoying the benefits of first arrival could set up generous routes for rovers, equipment at dig sites for deposits, telecommunication assets, and even a nuclear reactor to assert a large area of domain.

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The rover found the leopard print rocks last year at the bottom of a canyon carved out by the river in an area called the Bright Angel Formation.

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The rover will also demonstrate Canadian technology, building on Canada's history in space.

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The 48-year-old Pawol was called up as a rover umpire, so her next assignment in the majors has not been announced.

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During NASA’s Perseverance mission on Mars in 2021, the rover’s microphones detected the whir of the mission’s helicopter and noises created by the rover.

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