rover

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rovers

1.
One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer.
2.
(broadly, dated)A restless, unsteady person who does not settle down; specifically (historical), a flirtatious, unfaithful man; a rake.
Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:libertine
She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.
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3.
(broadly, historical)Also rover ticket: a person who has a ticket for an event, performance, etc., but no assigned seat, and so has to find a place to sit or stand.
4.
(broadly)A small manned or unmanned land vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
September 19, 2005, Dave Lane, Mars Exploration Rover "OPPORTUNITY" NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is currently traveling southward over a pavement of outcrop dubbed the "Erebus Highway." "Erebus Crater," the rover's next target, lies less than 100 meters (328 feet) south of its current position
5.
(broadly)A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a combination of those of a cornerback, linebacker, and safety; also, a player playing this position.
6.
(broadly, historical)Chiefly in the plural in the form to shoot at rovers: a target randomly selected by an archer, usually for practice; also, a fixed target for practising long-distance shooting.
7.
(broadly, obsolete)A type of heavy arrow used for long-distance shooting.
8.
(broadly)A position that is one of three of a team's followers making up a ruck, who follow the ball around the ground; also, a player playing this position, who is generally fast and skilful at receiving the ball, and formerly of shorter stature.
9.
(broadly)In full rover ball: a ball which has passed through all the hoops and would peg out if it hit the stake but is continued in play to help fellow players or obstruct opposing players; also, the player of such a ball.
10.
(alt of, broadly, historical)Alternative letter-case form of Rover (“an early type of safety bicycle with a lower riding position than previous models”).
11.
(broadly)A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
12.
(alt of, broadly)Alternative letter-case form of Rover (“Short for Land Rover (“a type of road vehicle capable of being driven off-road”)”).

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ine-pro From rove + -er. Rove is derived from Late Middle English *roven, rove (to wander); further etymology uncertain, possibly an English Midlands variant of Northern England raven, rave (to rove, stray, wander), possibly from Old Norse ráfa (to roam, wander) (although rove and rave are only attested much later), possibly from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (to cause to weave;