# sea rover

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A herring.
2. One who travels the ocean; one who spends a great deal of time at sea.
3. A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.

## Etymology
Compare Danish sørøver, German Seeräuber, Norwegian sjørøver, Swedish sjörövare.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sea-rover