wayfarer

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By dusk that day, he was on the edge of the Bluegrass and that night he stayed at a farm-house, going in boldly, for he had learned now that the wayfarer was as welcome in a Bluegrass farm-house as in a log-cabin in the mountains.

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  1. noun One who travels, especially on foot.

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  • "Madam," he said, "I wish to know if there be any family in this town to give room to a wayfarer--understanding, of course, that the wayfarer would insist on paying. —  Wizard
  • This wayfarer was walking at a pace so much faster than hers, that he would soon pass; and she would hide among the rocks beside the tarn [small lake upon a mountain] at the head of the ravine till he had gone by It was refreshing to come out of the hot, steep ravine upon the grass at the upper end of it. —  Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"
  • By dusk that day, he was on the edge of the Bluegrass and that night he stayed at a farm-house, going in boldly, for he had learned now that the wayfarer was as welcome in a Bluegrass farm-house as in a log-cabin in the mountains. —  The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  • On approaching closer the wayfarer was horrified to see that on the top of the mound, in the centre, there was a deep hole. —  The Book-Hunter at Home
  • The thirsty wayfarer, after jogging for hours under a burning sky, at length espies a pond--yes, it must be water--it looks too natural for him to be mistaken. —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
 

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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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