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noun

Rover n.

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."

One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

(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.

(Archery)

(a)

Casual marks at uncertain distances.

(b)

A sort of arrow. (Obs.) "All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts."

At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers. See def. 5 (a) above. "Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers."

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Etymology of 'Rover'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rover" Quotes from Famous Books

... have seen the faithful household dog standing watching every mouthful his master takes. All the crumbs that fall on the floor he picks up, and seems eager for them, but when his master takes a plate of beef and puts it on the floor and says, 'Rover, here's something for you,' he comes up and smells of it, looks at his master, and goes away to a corner of the room. He was willing to eat the crumbs, but he wouldn't touch the roast beef—thought it was too good for him." ...

— Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations - Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangilist • Dwight L. Moody

... to, Where go to sleep in the dark wood or dell? Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mother's kiss—sweeter this Than ...

— Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing - Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study • Anonymous

... don't mind the cold; I am three years old; Look at little Rover; He is powdered all over: Let me go, let me go, And frolic in ...

— Little Songs • Eliza Lee Follen

... once followed those of the smith, and no sooner did they see Ruby being led in irons to the boat, which lay in Port Hamilton, close to Sir Ralph the Rover's Ledge, than they uttered a yell of execration, and rushed with one ...

— The Lighthouse • R.M. Ballantyne

... The seas flies the rover; And I ride as his guide, a new world to discover. He bears me on, steady, Through whirlwind and eddy; I cling to his neck, and he ever is ready To pause at ...

— Our Young Folks--Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 - An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

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