wanderer

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In an Odyssey the road taken by the wanderer is all the nexus required; and the continuity of his presence (if the author know his business) is warrant enough for the continuity of our interest in his adventures.

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  1. An American lycænid butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, wide-spread in the United States east of Kansas. Its larvæ feed upon plant-lice on alder. Comstock, How to Know the Butterflies, p. 237.
  2. One who or that which wanders; one who roams about, having no home or certain place of abode; also, one who strays from the path of duty. And here to every thirsty wanderer, By sly enticement gives his baneful cup. Milton, Comus, l. 524.
  3. plural In Arachnida, specifically, the wandering as distinguished from the sedentary spiders; the vagabonds. See Vagabundæ.

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  • And Cain went out from Jehovah's presence and lived as a wanderer, away from Eden NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD When Jehovah saw that men were growing more wicked in the world and that their thoughts were always evil, he was greatly grieved and regretted that he had made man. —  The Children's Bible
  • Perhaps she was attracted by the Cornet's glittering cuirass and plumed helmet; perhaps by his substantial income; and perhaps she tired of being a homeless wanderer, and felt that here at last was a prospect of settling down and experimenting with domesticity When the announcement appeared in print there was much fluttering among the Mayfair dovecotes. —  The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert
  • There the wanderer is sought and found and borne back; here he spontaneously repents and returns. —  The Parables of Our Lord
  • One son was a wanderer, another was dead, and on the face of the dearly-beloved Hamish was settling the look of habitual suffering, so painful to see. —  Shenac's Work at Home
  • At twenty-six George was a wanderer, a tramp, and Henry was pastor of the village church. —  What Is Man? and Other Essays
 

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  1. from Middle English wanderare (= German wanderer); from wander + -er.
 

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