definition of
[roving]

[1] #1 roving n. [wandering, vagabondage] travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him". wn

[2] #2 roving s. [mobile, nomadic, peregrine, wandering] migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes". wn