rover

To shoot at rovers; shoot arrows at other marks than the butt; shoot for height or distance.

A robber, especially a sea-robber; a freebooter; a pirate; a forager.

One who roves; a wanderer; one who rambles about, or goes at random from point to point.

Hence A fickle or inconstant person.

In archery: A person shooting at a mark with a longbow and arrow, or shooting merely for distance, the position of the archer being shifted with every shot, and not confined to a staked-out ground. The flight-arrow was used by the rover.