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n. One that roves; a wanderer.

n. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet and its satellites.

n. Sports A mark in archery selected by chance.

n. A pirate.

n. A pirate vessel.

n. A randomly selected target.

n. One who roves.

n. A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.

n. 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').

n. A pirate or pirate ship.

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

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

n. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

n. 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.

n.

n. Casual marks at uncertain distances.

n. A sort of arrow.

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

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

n. Hence A fickle or inconstant person.

n. 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.

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

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

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

n. 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.

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

n. 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.

n. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

n. an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

"Entrants should submit essays explaining why their suggested name for the rover is the right fit."

boy scout   

to shoot at rovers    jolly rover   

pirate    wanderer    rambler   

Dover    Grover    clover    drover    landrover    moreover    over    stover   

freebooter    corsair    vagabond    buccaneer    orbiter    wandering