Definition of Rover

Rov´er
n.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) Casual marks at uncertain distances.
6.A sort of arrow.
All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts.
- B. Jonson.
At rovers
a - 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).


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