Rover /(?)/

Rov·er

Rover

n.
  1. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
    Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships.
  2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
  3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
  4. 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. (Croquet)
  5. Casual marks at uncertain distances. (Archery)
  6. A sort of arrow. [Obs.]
    All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts.
    Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers.