Rover


noun
1.
a person who roves; wanderer.
2.
Archery.

a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.
one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.
an archer who shoots at such a mark.

3.
Croquet. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.
4.
British.

(at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.
a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.

noun
1.
a pirate.
2.
Obsolete. a pirate ship.
noun
1.
a roving or routing machine.
2.
a roving-machine operator.
noun
1.
a familiar name for a dog.
noun
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 his 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
1.
a pirate or pirate ship
noun
1.
a machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine
noun
1.
(Brit) the former name for Venture Scout

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