rover

CEFRB2

/ˈɹəʊvə/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A person or vehicle that travels around without a fixed direction.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Nasa's Mars rover has found an ancient streambed.

  • Sniff, Rover was a good dog.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹoʊvɚ/
  • /ˈɾovəɾ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. A randomly selected target.

  3. 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.

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In context

  • She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.

  • September 19, 2005, Dave Lane, Mars Exploration Rover "OPPORTUNITY" NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is currently traveling southward over a pavement of outcrop dubbed the "Erebus Highway." "Erebus Crater," the rover's next target, lies less than 100...

  • Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:libertine

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Origin

noun

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”).