wanderer (noun)

  • 1wanderer — wander ► VERB 1) walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. 2) move slowly away from a fixed point or place. ► NOUN ▪ an act or spell of wandering. DERIVATIVES wanderer noun. ORIGIN Old English, related to WEND …

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  • 2wanderer — noun a wanderer in the wilderness Syn: traveler, rambler, hiker, migrant, globetrotter, roamer, rover; itinerant, rolling stone, nomad; tramp, transient, drifter, vagabond, vagrant; informal hobo, bum; literary wayfarer …

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  • 3wanderer — noun see wander …

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  • 4Wanderer — noun someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the …

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  • 5wanderer — noun One who wanders, who travels aimlessly …

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  • 6wanderer — noun 1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑roamer, ↑rover, ↑bird of passage • Derivationally related forms: ↑roam (for: ↑roamer), ↑ …

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  • 7wanderer — /ˈwɒndərə/ (say wonduhruh) noun 1. someone or something that wanders. 2. → monarch (def. 4) …

  • 8plain wanderer — noun small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains • Syn: ↑Pedionomus torquatus • Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader • Member Holonyms: ↑Pedionomus, ↑genus Pedionomus …

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  • 9plains-wanderer — noun /ˈpleɪnz.ˌwɒndəɹɜ/lang=en A small quail like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south eastern Australia …

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  • 10plains-wanderer — /ˈpleɪnz wɒndərə/ (say playnz wonduhruh) noun a small, shy, brownish, superficially quail like bird, Pedionomus torquatus, which prefers to run rather than fly, once common but now infrequently seen in open plains and grasslands of eastern and… …