Definitions for rovers

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rovers rov·er

Spelling: [roh-ver]

IPA: /ˈroʊ vər/

Rovers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in rovers (eorrsv).

Definitions for rovers

noun

1. a person who roves; wanderer.
2. Archery. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance. 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. (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only. a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older.
5. a pirate.
6. Obsolete. a pirate ship.
7. a roving or routing machine.
8. a roving-machine operator.
9. a familiar name for a dog.

Origin of rovers

First recorded in 1490-1500; rove¹ + -er¹

Examples for rovers

This happened to be the same day that another division of NASA landed a rover, dubbed Curiosity, on Mars.

He has always been a rover, often tried to settle down but could not.

"I'd like to bring one of them down," said the oldest rover boy.

If he said he was a “rover,” they claimed to be “Hounds,” and pounded him.

The rover had previously discovered definitive evidence of running water in the relatively recent past.

"Lay along, rover," I muttered, preparing for another snooze.

To discuss his work in The rover—and his career more generally—Pattinson recently sat down with The Daily Beast in Los Angeles.

His latest book is Blood's A rover, the final volume of his Underworld U.S.A. trilogy, published on Sept. 22 by Knopf.

"I will venture a rover with you, or try long-butts or hoyles," said old Johnston.

How was making The rover different than making the Twilight movies?