wayfarer

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Returning home after dark, the wayfarer was apt to be startled to the edge of flight by the grunting upheaval of what had seemed a black shadow under the moon.

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  1. noun One who travels, especially on foot.

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  1. Middle English weifarere : wei, way; see way + faren, to go on a journey (from Old English faran; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle English weyfarere, a wayfarer; from way + farer.
 

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/ˈweɪfɛrər/
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