rover: Meaning and Definition of

rov•er

Pronunciation: (rō'vur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person who roves; wanderer.
    1. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.
    2. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.
    3. an archer who shoots at such a mark.
  2. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.
    1. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.
    2. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.

rov•er

Pronunciation: (rō'vur), [key]
— n.
  1. a pirate.
  2. a pirate ship.

rov•er

Pronunciation: (rō'vur), [key]
— n.
  1. a roving or routing machine.
  2. a roving-machine operator.

Ro•ver

Pronunciation: (rō'vur), [key]
— n.
  1. a familiar name for a dog.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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