Rover1. (n.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
2. (n.) One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
3. (v. i.) Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
4. (n.) 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.
5. (v. i.) Casual marks at uncertain distances.
6. (n.) A sort of arrow.
Thesaurus Entries
Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, air pirate, airplane hijacker, bird of passage, buccaneer, bum, corsair, drifter, floater, freebooter, gad, gadabout, go-about, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, mover, nomad, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, picaroon, pirate, privateer, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, runabout, sea dog, sea king, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf, skyjacker, sojourner, straggler, stroller, strolling player, tourist, tramp, traveller, troubadour, vagabond, vagrant, viking, visitant, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfarer