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rover

1

[roh-ver]

noun

  1. a person who roves; wanderer.

  2. Archery.

    1. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area.

    2. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance.

    3. an archer who shoots at such a mark.

  3. Croquet.a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game.

  4. British.

    1. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only.

    2. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.

rover

2

[roh-ver]

noun

  1. a pirate.

  2. Obsolete.a pirate ship.

rover

3

[roh-ver]

noun

  1. a machine that twists, draws out, and cleans fibers prior to spinning; a roving machine.

  2. a roving-machine operator.

Rover

4

[roh-ver]

noun

  1. a familiar name for a dog.

rover

1

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. a person who roves; wanderer

  2. archery a mark selected at random for use as a target

  3. croquet a ball that has been driven through all the hoops but has not yet hit the winning peg

  4. Australian rules football one of the three players in the ruck, usually smaller than the other two, selected for his agility in play

  5. a small remote-controlled vehicle which roams over rough, esp extraterrestrial, terrain taking photographs, gathering rock and soil samples, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rover

2

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. the former name for Venture Scout

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rover

3

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. a pirate or pirate ship

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rover

4

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. a machine for roving wool, cotton, etc, or a person who operates such a machine

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rover1

First recorded in 1490–1500; rove 1 + -er 1

Origin of rover2

First recorded in 1350–1400 rover 2 for def. 1 and in 1530–40 rover 2 for def. 2; Middle English rover(e) “pirate,” from Middle Dutch rover(e) or Middle Low German rover “robber,” equivalent to roven “to rob” + -er; reave 1; -er 1 ( def. )

Origin of rover3

First recorded in 1735–45; rove 3 + -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rover1

C15: from rove 1

Origin of rover2

C14: probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from roven to rob

Origin of rover3

C18: from rove ²
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During NASA’s Perseverance mission on Mars in 2021, the rover’s microphones detected the whir of the mission’s helicopter and noises created by the rover.

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Yet pictures sent back from NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rover missions continue to show their tracks in the endless desert.

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Later Artemis missions plan to use a lunar rover to explore the Moon's south pole starting with Artemis V, currently scheduled for 2030.

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“The Mars rover and orbiter data is fully available to the public,” Valentinas said.

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