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[ wey-fair-er ] / ˈweɪˌfɛər ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wayfarer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna traveler, especially on foot. Origin of wayfarerFirst recorded in 1400–50, wayfarer is from the late Middle English word weyfarere.See way1, fare, -er1 Words nearby wayfarerway, waybill, way car, way-cool, Waycross, wayfarer, wayfaring, wayfaring tree, waygoing, waygoing crop, waylaid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wayfarerOh how often have knowledge and keen wits and understandings/ Been as deadly as brigands or ghouls to the wayfarer. Imperial Locavores|Ian Klaus|August 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself. The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade I wondered what eager, tumultuous thoughts were in her mind, for now she was setting forth again, a pilgrim and a wayfarer. Francezka|Molly Elliot Seawell More than once before we had done so to escape the notice of a wayfarer passing up or down. In Kings' Byways|Stanley J. Weyman
For five minutes our hero stood waiting for the man to finish his investigation into the merits of "The Wayfarer." Now or Never|Oliver Optic Still not certain just what had happened, the wayfarer from the east advanced and stared down into the bushes. Beyond the Black River|Robert E. Howard
British Dictionary definitions for wayfarer
nouna person who goes on a journey Derived forms of wayfarerwayfaring, noun, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wayfarerdrifter, gypsy, vagabond, rover, wanderer, itinerant, vagrant, gadabout, explorer, peddler, nomad, bum, hobo, pilgrim, adventurer, walker, excursionist, roamer, rambler, hiker |