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View usage for: rover in British English 1 (ˈrəʊvə) noun1. 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 agility in play 5. a small remote-controlled vehicle which roams over rough, esp extraterrestrial, terrain taking photographs, gathering rock and soil samples, etc Word origin C15: from rove1rover in British English 2 (ˈrəʊvə) Word origin C14: probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from roven to rob rover in British English 3 (ˈrəʊvə) nouna machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine or Rover Scout (ˈrəʊvə) noun British the former name for Venture Scout rover in American English 1 (ˈroʊvər) noun1. a person who roves, or wanders 2. Archerya. a mark, or target, chosen at random b. any of several set marks for distance shooting c. an archer who shoots for distance rover in American English 2 (ˈroʊvər) noun Archaic a pirate or pirate ship Word origin ME < MDu, robber < roven, to rob (for IE base see rupture): prob. merged with rover 1rover in American English 3 (ˈroʊvər) noun1. a person who operates a machine for roving fibers Examples of 'rover' in a sentencerover Synonyms of 'rover'wanderer, traveller, gypsy, rolling stone More Synonyms of rover Word lists withrover Terms used in Australian Rules Football He remained at heart a rover. Synonyms rolling stone transient itinerant ranger stroller bird of passage gadabout (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition a person who moves aimlessly from place to place an out-of-work drifter Synonyms wanderer, bum (informal), tramp (old-fashioned), itinerant (old-fashioned), vagrant, hobo (US), vagabond (old-fashioned, old-fashioned), rolling stone, bag lady, derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person who restlessly seeks amusement Synonyms pleasure-seeker, wanderer, rover, rambler, gallivanter Definition a wanderer The greater part was desert, inhabited by nomads. Synonyms wanderer, migrant, rover, rambler, itinerant, drifter, vagabond- route
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Additional synonymsDefinition a person who takes country walks A woman rambler was trampled by a herd of cows. Synonyms walker, roamer, wanderer, rover, hiker, drifter, stroller, wayfarerDefinition a Gypsy The whole idea of being a traveller is being self-sufficient. Synonyms gypsy, migrant, wanderer, tinker, tramp, transient, nomad, itinerant, drifter, vagrant, Romany, vagabond, New Age traveller, wayfarerDefinition a person who moves from place to place and has no regular home or job He lived on the street as a vagrant. Synonyms drifter, tramp (old-fashioned), bum (informal), vagabond, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, derelict, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (US), bag lady, dosser (British, slang), pikey (British, slang), bird of passage, person of no fixed address, derro (Australian, slang) |