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Rover \Rov"er\, n. [D. roover a robber. See Rove, v. i.]

1. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
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Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for
scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846
sail of ships. --Holland.
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2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a
rambler.
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3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
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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.
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5. (Archery)
(a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. --Encyc. Brit.
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(b) A sort of arrow. [Obs.]
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All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts.
--B. Jonson.
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At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting
at rovers. See def. 5
(a) above. --Addison.
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Bound down on every side with many bands because
it shall not run at rovers. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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rover
n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn:
wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage]

2: an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement [syn: rover,
scouter]
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Rover, AR
Zip code(s): 72860
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Rover
bécane; bicyclette; vélo

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Rover
bicicletta

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Rover
fiets; rijwiel; tweewieler

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Rover
bicicleta; biciclo

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rover [rouvər]
Wandernde

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rover

csavargó
elôfonómunkás
elôfonó
elôfonógép
kalóz
kóborló
ország-világjáró
tengerirabló
távcélpont
öregcserkész


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rover [rovər]
Freibeuter; Wegelagerer

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rover [rovər]
robber

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rover [rovər]
ravisseur

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rover

Wandernde m,f; Wandernder
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "rover":
Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook,
Captain Kidd, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte,
Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, air pirate, airplane hijacker,
bird of passage, buccaneer, bum, corsair, drifter, floater,
freebooter, gad, gadabout, go-about, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, mover,
nomad, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, picaroon, pirate,
privateer, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, runabout, sea dog,
sea king, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf, skyjacker, sojourner,
straggler, stroller, strolling player, tourist, tramp, traveller,
troubadour, vagabond, vagrant, viking, visitant, wanderer,
wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfarer



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