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Grover

US/ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/

Grover proper noun: a topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.

Proper noun (1)

Grover

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President.
    • He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland.2024 November 6, Joseph Addington, “Trump Elected President of the United States”, in The American Conservative
  3. A town in Weld County, Colorado.
  4. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas.
  5. An abandoned town in Fremont Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Seward County, Nebraska.
  7. A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
  8. A census-designated place in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
  9. An unincorporated community in Codington County, South Dakota.
  10. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Utah.
  11. A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
  12. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  13. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: GROVER

GROVER

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Greenland rover and Goddard remotely operated vehicle for exploration and research.

Origin of Grover

From grove + -er.

Words formed from Grover

Words that rhyme with Grover

Questions about Grover

What does Grover mean?
Grover means a topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
What part of speech is Grover?
Grover is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Grover?
Grover is pronounced /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/ (US).

Words near Grover in the dictionary

  1. grovelling
  2. grovellingly
  3. grovellings
  4. grovels
  5. grovelsome
  6. Grover
  7. Grover Beach
  8. Grover's algorithm
  9. groves
  10. Groves' dwarf lemur
  11. Groves' dwarf lemurs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Grover (page history and authors); GROVER (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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