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单词 roamer
释义

roamern.

Brit. /ˈrəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈroʊmər/
Forms:

α. See roam v. and -er suffix1.

β. late Middle English romour.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roam v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < roam v. + -er suffix1. Perhaps compare Middle French romier pilgrim (a1389; < the name of Rome + -ier -ier suffix: see discussion at roam v.), and also the similarly-formed Old Occitan romier (14th cent.), Spanish romero (early 13th cent.).With the β. forms compare -our suffix.
A person who roams; a wanderer, rambler.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer
striker1393
roamerc1400
wandererc1440
whirlerc1440
gangrela1450
fluttererc1450
straggler1530
gadlinga1542
ranger1560
rover1568
fugitive1570
rangler1575
fleeter1581
extravagant1583
scatterling1590
vagranta1592
rambler1624
erratic1669
stravaiger1821
multivagant1895
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iv. 120 Til..religious romares [v.r. Romeris; C. out-ryders] recordare in here cloistres, As seynt Benet hem bad, Bernarde and Fraunceys.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 306 (MED) Ac now is religioun a ryder, a rowmer [v.rr. Romere; rennere] bi stretes.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Roméo..A roamer, a wandrer.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rodeur, a vagabond, roamer, wanderer.
?1794 S. T. Coleridge Sonn. xii Pale Roamer through the night!
1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 15 Calamity's a roamer, still abroad With restless flitting.
1883 A. Jessop in 19th Cent. Oct. 599 They are not afraid of work, though they are roamers.
1922 W. Le Queux Voice from Void iii. 29 The boy was a roamer and an adventurer. His profession made him that.
2001 My Business May 62/1 The nature of the service industry is that people tend to move from job to job, and the job market in this area offers the roamers more choices than ever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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