sea rover
- noun
- /siː ˈroʊvər/
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- The sea rover sailed into uncharted waters.
Examples
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Historians consider the sea rover a key vessel in the age of maritime discovery.
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The crew boarded the sea rover with enough supplies for a month-long expedition.
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Their legendary sea rover was renowned for surviving fierce ocean storms.
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Many sea rovers have explored the Arctic region.
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Historians consider the sea rover a key vessel in the age of maritime discovery.
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The crew boarded the sea rover with enough supplies for a month-long expedition.
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Their legendary sea rover was renowned for surviving fierce ocean storms.
Synonyms
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3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
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A vehicle that travels on water, in air, or in space
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A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'sea' (the ocean) with 'rover' (one who roves or travels); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer something that travels or explores the sea. This follows a regular noun–noun composition pattern (domain + agent/vehicle) found cross-linguistically, so the intended sense of a vessel or traveler of the sea is predictable.
Etymology
Sea rover can also mean a ship: the parts sea and rover create the image of a boat that wanders the sea to find new places, so it came to mean 'a boat for exploration'.