noun. A robber, especially a sea-robber; a freebooter; a pirate; a forager.

noun. One who roves; a wanderer; one who rambles about, or goes at random from point to point.

noun. Hence A fickle or inconstant person.

noun. In archery: A person shooting at a mark with a longbow and arrow, or shooting merely for distance, the position of the archer being shifted with every shot, and not confined to a staked-out ground. The flight-arrow was used by the rover.

noun. An arrow used by a rover. See flight-arrow.

noun. An irregular or uncertain point to be aimed at; also, a mark at an uncertain or indefinite distance.

noun. In architecture, any member, as a molding, that follows the line of a curve.

noun. In croquet: A ball that has gone through all the hoops, and 330 only needs to strike the winning-stake to be out of the game.

noun. A player whose ball is in the above condition.

noun. To shoot at random, or without any particular aim.

To shoot at rovers; shoot arrows at other marks than the butt; shoot for height or distance.

noun. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

noun. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

noun. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

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.

noun. undefined

noun. Casual marks at uncertain distances.

noun. A sort of arrow.

noun. at casual marks; hence, at random. See def. 5 (a) above.

noun. A randomly selected target.

noun. One who roves.

noun. A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.

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').

noun. A pirate or pirate ship.

noun. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

noun. an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

jolly rover  to shoot at rovers  

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