Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who roams; a rover; a rambler; a vagrant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who roams; a wanderer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
roams .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
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Examples
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He was reluctant to shoot against the Knicks and cannot do that here, because that will make Pistons C Ben Wallace a defensive roamer, which is how he gets most of his blocks.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Barrett was also reported by friends and family as a "roamer" who would disappear without notice for unspecified lengths of time, traveling through Oregon, Nevada, and California.
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When Ime Udoka enters the game for Bowen, Bryant switches from being a "roamer" to being what he calls "a lockdown corner" (extending his earlier football analogy regarding Reed and Polamalu) because the Spurs run sets for Udoka to get shots.
20 Second Timeout 2009
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Bryant says that against San Antonio he serves as a "roamer" more so than he does against other teams and he adds, "That is actually my biggest strength as a defensive player, to be able to roam around the floor and cause havoc."
20 Second Timeout 2009
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Work ", he reads situations and understands when to be a" roamer "like NFL defensive backs Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu and when to be a" lockdown "defender zeroed in on one man.
20 Second Timeout 2009
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And it did have the really cool ark, the jet pack, the roamer, and Ruth was pretty hot.
06 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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I found myself wondering what this visionary roamer might have thought of his beloved America now, so much more crowded, sprawling, noisy, full of electronic news and nonsense and political insanity.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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I found myself wondering what this visionary roamer might have thought of his beloved America now, so much more crowded, sprawling, noisy, full of electronic news and nonsense and political insanity.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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And it did have the really cool ark, the jet pack, the roamer, and Ruth was pretty hot.
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Humble Ivy League Princeton was all tied up with powerhouse Kentucky and its slick sideline roamer, John Calipari.
Nearly a Cinderella Story Jason Gay 2011
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