Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

    Wanderer

    путеше́ственникputešéstvennik, стра́нникstránnik

  2. Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.

  3. (colloquial)The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.

More definitions
  • someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
  • a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

Examples

10 sentences
  1. You're a wanderer just like me.

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  2. Manchester United are playing Bolton Wanderers.

    «Манчестер Юнайтед» грає з «Болтон Вондерерз».

    deManchester United spielt gegen die Bolton Wanderers.

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  3. He became a wanderer and roamed everywhere.

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  4. The sea sings to the heart of the wanderer.

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  5. I am just a wanderer, seeking purity of the soul.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who wanders:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who wanders:

Origin

From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate wi

From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate with Scots wanderer, wandirer (“wanderer”), Dutch wandelaar (“walker, hiker”), German Wanderer (“wanderer”), Danish vandrer (“wanderer”), Swedish vandrare (“wanderer”), Norwegian vandrer (“wanderer”).

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Forms

plural: wanderers
Singularwanderer
Pluralwanderers

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who leads a wandering unsettled life:roamerroverbird of passage
  • a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine:spider

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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