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rov⋅er

1  [roh-ver]
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–noun
1. a person who roves; wanderer.
2. Archery.
a. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.
b. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.
c. 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.
a. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.
b. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.
Origin:
1490–1500; rove 1 + -er 1
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rov⋅er

2  [roh-ver]
–noun
1. a pirate.
2. Obsolete. a pirate ship.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MD or MLG: robber, equiv. to roven to rob, reave 1 + -er -er 1

rov⋅er

3  [roh-ver]
–noun
1. a roving or routing machine.
2. a roving-machine operator.
Origin:
1735–45; rove 3 + -er 1

Ro⋅ver

  [roh-ver]
–noun
a familiar name for a dog.
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rov·er 1   (rō'vər)   
n.  

    1. One that roves; a wanderer.

    2. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet and its satellites.

  2. Sports A mark in archery selected by chance.

ro·ver 2   (rō'vər)   
n.  

  1. A pirate.

  2. A pirate vessel.


[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, robber, from roven, to rob; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

rover 
1390, "sea-robber, pirate," from M.Du. rover "robber, predator, plunderer," especially in zeerovere "pirate," lit. "sea-robber," from roven "to rob," from M.Du. root "spoil, plunder," related to O.E. reaf "spoil, plunder," reafian "to reave" (see reft).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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