roving has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ adjective ] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently

Examples

"a restless mobile society" "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins" "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" "wandering tribes"

Related terms

unsettled

2
[ noun ] (transportation) travelling about without any clear destination

Examples

"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

Related terms

peregrination drifting wander

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