How do you use the word "rover" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "rover": Nasa's Mars rover has found an ancient streambed. Sniff, Rover was a good dog.

Rover Meaning

/ˈɹəʊvə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA randomly selected target.

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

Sentence Examples

Nasa's Mars rover has found an ancient streambed.

Sniff, Rover was a good dog.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

wanderer

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The robotic ____ moved slowly across the Martian surface collecting soil samples.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The Mars ____ collected rock samples and transmitted data back to scientists on Earth.

Word Origin & History

From rove (“to roam, wander; (archery) to shoot an arrow randomly”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs). Rove is derived from Late Middle English *roven, rove (“to wander”); further etymology uncertain, possibly an English Midlands variant of Northern England raven, rave (“to rove, stray, wander”), possibly from Old Norse ráfa (“to roam, wander”) (although rove and rave are only attested much later), possibly from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to cause to weave; to entangle, wrap”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But these islands, undisturbed for years, relapsed into their previous obscurity; and it is only recently that anything has been known concerning them. Once in the course of a half century, to be sure, some adventurous rover would break in upon their peaceful repose. and astonished at the unusual scene, would be almost tempted to claim the merit of a new discovery." — 1846 February 26, Herman Melville, chapter I, in Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, A Peep at Polynesian Life [Typee], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

"I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, / To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife; / And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, / And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over." — 1902, John Masefield, Sea Fever:

"Give him the word, that I'm not a rover, and tell him that his lonely days are over." — 1954, Pat Ballard, “Mr. Sandman”:

"I went to Coach Beamer and, because we had a lot of outside linebackers, ask him if I could play rover." — 2011, Frank Beamer, Always a Hokie: Players, Coaches, and Fans Share Their Passion for Virginia Tech Football:

""By my hilt! no. There was little Robby Withstaff, and Andrew Salblaster, and Wat Alspaye, who broke the neck of the German. Mon Dieu! what men they were! Take them how you would, at long butts or short, hoyles, rounds, or rovers, better bowmen never twirled a shaft over their thumb-nails." — 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company:

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