Noun (2)
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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If all goes to plan with NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission campaign, scientists are eager to analyze the rock in ways impossible aboard the rover.—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Multispectral sensors designed to detect subtle soil signatures, rovers carrying mobile cameras and experiments, and plans to piggyback scientific payloads on commercial landers are all part of near-term efforts to move from models and samples toward a working mining plan.—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 According to Lorenzen, Moon Bound will be encased with other objects in a resin pyramid attached to a lunar rover that will travel the moon's surface.—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025 The Royal Automobile Museum in Amman now houses the rover used in the film, a tangible monument to Jordan’s starring turn in blockbuster space cinema.—Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rover
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from roven to rob; akin to Old English rēafian to reave — more at reave
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