Meaning

noun travelling about without any clear destination

verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

adjective migratory

originFrom rove (“sliver of wool or cotton”), late 17th century, possibly from obsolete Middle English rove(n) (“to draw out, pull off”), itself a dialectal variant of rive (“to tear, split”).

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