wanderer
One who wanders, who travels aimlesslyOne who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
» You're a wanderer just like me.
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3 sensesOne who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
Wanderer
путеше́ственникputešéstvennik, стра́нникstránnik
Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
(colloquial)The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
- 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 sentencesYou're a wanderer just like me.
Manchester United are playing Bolton Wanderers.
«Манчестер Юнайтед» грає з «Болтон Вондерерз». — deniko
deManchester United spielt gegen die Bolton Wanderers. — Waldelfe
He became a wanderer and roamed everywhere.
The sea sings to the heart of the wanderer.
I am just a wanderer, seeking purity of the soul.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate wiFrom 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: wanderersSynonyms
18 synonyms- 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 wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.