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Rover
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Rover
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1.
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
noun
a pirate or pirate ship
noun
a machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine
noun
British the former name for Venture Scout
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Rover
see synonyms of rover noun
1.
a person who roves, or wanders
2. Archery
a.
a mark, or target, chosen at random
b.
any of several set marks for distance shooting
c.
an archer who shoots for distance
noun
Archaic
a pirate or pirate ship
noun
1.
a person who operates a machine for roving fibers
2.
such a machine
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Rover
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1.
a. One that roves; a wanderer.
b. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet or other celestial object.
2. Sports A mark in archery selected by chance.
n.
1. A pirate.
2. A pirate vessel.
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