I. noun
Synonyms: pirate , buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, picaroon, sea dog, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf
II. noun
one who roams habitually
he spent most of his life as a rover always on the move
Synonyms: drifter, meanderer, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, wanderer
Related Word: gad, gadabout, gadder, runabout; itinerant, peripatetic; floater
Idioms: bird of passage
Contrasted words: homebody
Antonyms: stay-at-home