What is the meaning of Rover?

One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer.

  1. A restless, unsteady person who does not settle down; specifically , a flirtatious, unfaithful man; a rake.

    A restless, unsteady person who does not settle down; specifically , a flirtatious, unfaithful man; a rake.

    Also rover ticket: a person who has a ticket for an event, performance, etc., but no assigned seat, and so has to find a place to sit or stand.

    A small manned or unmanned land vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.

    A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a combination of those of a cornerback, linebacker, and safety; also, a player playing this position.

    1. Chiefly in the plural in the form to shoot at rovers: a target randomly selected by an archer, usually for practice; also, a fixed target for practising long-distance shooting.
    2. A type of heavy arrow used for long-distance shooting.

    Chiefly in the plural in the form to shoot at rovers: a target randomly selected by an archer, usually for practice; also, a fixed target for practising long-distance shooting.

    A type of heavy arrow used for long-distance shooting.

    A position that is one of three of a team's followers making up a ruck, who follow the ball around the ground; also, a player playing this position, who is generally fast and skilful at receiving the ball, and formerly of shorter stature.

    In full rover ball: a ball which has passed through all the hoops and would peg out if it hit the stake but is continued in play to help fellow players or obstruct opposing players; also, the player of such a ball.

    Alternative letter-case form of Rover (an early type of safety bicycle with a lower riding position than previous models).

    A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

    Alternative letter-case form of Rover (Short for Land Rover (a type of road vehicle capable of being driven off-road)).

    The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.

    A forward whose responsibility was to feed the scrum and protect the scrum-half; the position was abandoned after a 1931 rule change.

    Alternative letter-case form of Rover (Short for Rover Scout (a member of a Scouting organization for young men too old to be Boy Scouts)).

    Especially in rover ticket: a type of pass, ticket, etc., that allows the holder unlimited travel on certain types of public transport for specified periods.

    In full rover patrol: an airborne reconnaissance patrol.

    1. A pirate.
    2. A pirate ship.

    A pirate.

    A pirate ship.

    A plunderer, a raider, a robber.

    One who forms cotton, wool, or other fibres into rovings (long, narrow bundles of fibres), specifically using a roving frame in a mill.

    A machine used to make rovings, especially a roving frame.

    robber

    to order (give an order)

    Source: wiktionary.org

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