wanderer
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- noun
- /ˈwɒndərər/
- She lives beyond the grace of God... ...a wanderer in the outer darkness.
- a homeless wanderer
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Watch on YouTubeThe immigrant is a wanderer, A seeker.
- The immigrant is a wanderer, A seeker.
- So over the years, like I was this wanderer, right?
- It was a slow revelation to me, a wanderer and explorer, that real life is not somewhere else.
- You know, go off and be the the, the lone wanderer, not someone saying on a plate, I'm going to hand this to you want it.
- And remember, he has this mark of the wanderer, mark of Cain.
Examples
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My people call themselves, "Wanderers on the Earth," but where this large fire burns, it means that Black Eagle is there, and the wanderers have come to rest.
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For you are the shepherd that shall guide the wanderer through the desert.
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But the greatest thing about me is I'm a wanderer by nature.
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And Demo, here, has chosen the life of a wanderer.
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After all those pages, the boy continued to live as a wanderer and stranger in the land of his birth.
Fiction book (2001) -
With much to learn but nothing to impart, the youth sets off as a wanderer in foreign lands.
Fiction book (1997) -
The immigrant is a wanderer, A seeker.
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For they are wanderers, as the people were once wanderers, and the Pole Star has claimed them before all others.
Fiction book (1998) -
For Sagan, human beings are wanderers and wonderers by nature.
Academic text (1999) -
Leon spent much of her adult life as a wanderer, exploring new places and meeting interesting people.
Synonyms
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5.9
A person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or steady job
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4.4
A person who moves from place to place to find food or work
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7.7
A person who has no home and moves from place to place, often begging
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7.0
A person who moves from place to place and has no fixed home
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4.6
A person who moves often and does not stay in one place
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7.8
Living from place to place without a fixed home
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A person who travels on foot from place to place
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8.3
A person who moves from place to place without a home
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A person who moves from place to place without staying long
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To travel and live without a permanent home, moving from place to place
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9.6
A person who travels from place to place on horseback without a fixed home
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A person who moves from place to place and does not settle
A person who travels without a home and lives by odd jobs
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Etymology
Wanderer comes from the verb wander, which long ago meant 'to move about' or travel without a fixed home, so people who lived this way were called wanderers. So a wanderer is a person who goes from place to place without a permanent home.