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Rover Boy

noun

  1. a courageous and principled person who is somewhat naïve and inexperienced.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rover Boy1

After the heroes of the Rover Boys series, American children's books by Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930)

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Example Sentences

These students were very bitter against the Rover boy, and several did all they could to trip him up and cover him with snow.

This was all he could tell Sam of importance, and the Rover boy went off, to rejoin his chum in a very thoughtful mood.

The situation was making the youngest Rover boy a little fearful.

But in this last surmise the oldest Rover boy was sadly mistaken.

"This is interesting, to say the least," was the comment of the oldest Rover boy.

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