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Grammar : Noun
Spell : roh-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈroʊ vər



Définition of rover

Origin :
  • late 14c., "sea-robber, pirate," from Middle Dutch rover "robber, predator, plunderer," especially in zeerovere "pirate," literally "sea-robber," from roven "to rob," from Middle Dutch roof "spoil, plunder," related to Old English reaf "spoil, plunder," reafian "to reave" (see reave (v.)). Meaning "remote-controlled surface vehicle" is from 1970.
  • noun nomad
Example sentences :
  • He has always been a rover, often tried to settle down but could not.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • "I will venture a rover with you, or try long-butts or hoyles," said old Johnston.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Lay along, Rover," I muttered, preparing for another snooze.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • If he said he was a “Rover,” they claimed to be “Hounds,” and pounded him.
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
  • "I'd like to bring one of them down," said the oldest Rover boy.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Oh, I haven't the least doubt but what Rover and Baxter are guilty!
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Are you quite sure you don't want to mention any names, Rover?
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • "No; I can face the music alone," answered the oldest Rover boy.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • "I think we Rover boys were more to blame than the others," put in Fred.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • "That is false, Glutts, and you know it," retorted the oldest Rover boy.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)

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