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Definition of Rover
1. Noun. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Specialized synonyms: Nomad, Drifter, Floater, Vagabond, Vagrant
Derivative terms: Roam, Wander
2. Noun. An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement.
Definition of Rover
1. n. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
Definition of Rover
1. Noun. (sports) someone connected with any number of teams called the Rovers, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹
2. Proper noun. A popular name for a dog ¹
3. Noun. (archery usually plural) A randomly selected target. ¹
4. Noun. One who roves. ¹
5. Noun. A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies. ¹
6. Noun. Position in Australian Rules football, one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6'). ¹
7. Noun. A pirate or pirate ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rover
1. one that roves [n -S] - See also: roves
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rover
Literary usage of Rover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"Red rover, The, by James Fenimore Cooper. (1827.) This story relates to the days
before the Revolutionary War; and is one of Cooper's most exciting sea ..."
2. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"THE WILD rover. I'VE been a wild rover these seven long years, I've spent all my
money in ale and strong beers, But the time has come my boys, ..."
3. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"THE WILD rover. I'VE been a wild rover these seven long years, I've spent all my
money in ale and strong beers, But the time has come my boys, ..."
4. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"... THE rover AN old castle towers o'er the billow That thunders by ... And there
dwelt as gallant a rover As ever grasped hilt by the hand. ..."
5. Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine (1857)
"YOU'RE a right good fellow, rover— Of that no one can doubt; But, ... I/qpk up,
old rover, and tell me What did you find in the brook : For a certain poet ..."
6. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"Who the " Young Highland rover " of this song is, does not clearly appear.
The mourner is in the character of a parent lamenting a son's absence while ..."
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