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wayfarer

[ wey-fair-er ]

/ ˈweɪˌfɛər ər /

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noun

a traveler, especially on foot.

Origin of wayfarer

First recorded in 1400–50, wayfarer is from the late Middle English word weyfarere. See way¹, fare, -er¹

Words nearby wayfarer

way to go, way-cool, way-out, waybill, waycross, wayfarer, wayfaring, wayfaring tree, waygoing, waygoing crop, waylaid

Example sentences from the Web for wayfarer

Oh 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

wayfarer

/ (ˈweɪˌfɛərə) /

noun

a person who goes on a journey

Derived forms of wayfarer

wayfaring, noun, adjective