rover

mastery
UK /ˈɹəʊvə(ɹ)/ US /ˈɹoʊvɚ/nounname

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Which meaning of "rover" best matches the usage in the sentence?

The first was this: our ship making her course towards the Canary Islands, or rather between those islands and the African shore, was surprised in the grey of the morning by a Turkish rover of Sallee.