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Definition: TROVER |
TROVERNoun1. An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion. 2. The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means. |
Date "TROVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution; redemption, salvage, trover. |
Discovery | Trover;(recovery). |
Illegality | Trover and conversion; smuggling, poaching; simony. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: TROVER |
| Etymologies containing "TROVER": trope. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "TROVER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TROVER" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "TROVER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Trover | Last name | 170 | 48,955 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "TROVER": action of trover. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
foundation trover | 21 |
clinic trover | 13 |
trover | 8 |
solution trover | 6 |
shop trover | 6 |
book store trover | 4 |
book shop trover | 3 |
book trover | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TROVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | присвояване на намерена вещ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | appropriation illicite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγωγή επανακτήσεωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overtray иск о возмещении убытков. (various references) kişisel malın bulunup tutulması. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TROVER": trovers. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TROVER": controversial, controversialism, controversialisms, controversialist, controversialists, controversially, controversies, controversy, controvert, controverted, controverter, controverters, controvertible, controverting, controverts, extroversion, extroversions, extrovert, extroverted, extroverts, incontrovertible, incontrovertibly, introversion, introversions, introversive, introversively, introvert, introverted, introverting, introverts, noncontroversial, retroversion, retroversions, uncontroversial, uncontroversially. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overt, retro, rover, trove, voter. | |
-2 letters: over, rote, rove, tore, torr, vert, veto, vote. | |
-3 letters: err, ore, ort, ret, rev, roe, rot, toe, tor, vet, voe. | |
-4 letters: er, et, oe, or, re, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: evertor, trovers. | |
+2 letters: cavorter, evertors, invertor, overgirt, overpert, overrate, overstir, overtart, overtire, overtrim, overture, overturn, restrove, revolter, servitor, trouvere, trouveur, turnover. | |
+3 letters: cavorters, contriver, converter, convertor, coverture, extrovert, feverwort, introvert, invertors, liverwort, overalert, overburnt, overdraft, overeater, overexert, overprint, overrated, overrates, overreact, overshirt, overskirt, oversteer, overstirs, overstory, overstrew, overthrew, overthrow, overtired, overtires, overtrade, overtrain, overtreat, overtrick, overtrims, overtrump, overtured, overtures, overturns, overwater, overwrite, overwrote, reconvert, renovator, revelator, revolters, riverboat, servitors, trouveres, trouveurs, turnovers, venerator. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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