\Rov"er\, n. [D. roover a robber. See {Rove}, v. i.]
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.                        --Holland.
2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a
   rambler.
3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
4. (Croquet) 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.
5. (Archery)
   (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. --Encyc. Brit.
   (b) A sort of arrow. [Obs.]
             All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts.
                                               --B. Jonson.
{At rovers}, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting
   at rovers. See def. 5
   (a) above. --Addison.
             Bound down on every side with many bands because
             it shall not run at rovers.       --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).