Definition of rover Rover

/ɹowˈvɚ/ - [rowver] - rov•er

We found 17 definitions of rover from 6 different sources.

What does rover mean?

Noun Plural: rovers
rover - an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
		scouter
		boy scout a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
rover - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
		wanderer, roamer, bird of passage
		traveler, traveller a person who changes location
		nomad a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

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rover (Noun)
A randomly selected target.
rover (Noun)
One who roves.
rover (Noun)
A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
rover (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'.
rover (Noun)
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
rover (Noun)
A pirate or pirate ship.

rover (v. i.)
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
rover (v. i.)
One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
rover (v. i.)
Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
rover (v. i.)
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
rover (v. i.)
Casual marks at uncertain distances.
rover (v. i.)
A sort of arrow.

rover
A pirate or freebooter. (See PIRATE.) Also, a kind of piratical galley of the Barbary States.

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rover in sign language