inwanderer
inwanderer noun: one who wanders in; an immigrant.
Noun
inwanderer (plural inwanderers)
- One who wanders in; an immigrant
- Here the first settlements were made by the Mexican inwanderers of a century ago, who huddled round the coast-line missions, which strove for the submission.1890, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, History of California: 1848-1859, page 519
- Traders were simply one of many different kinds of in-wanderers, with the main difference being that some in-wanderers came and stayed while the traders came and left.2011, Andrejs Plakans, A Concise History of the Baltic States
Forms of inwanderer
| plural | inwanderers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | in-wanderer |
Origin of inwanderer
From inwander + -er and/or in- + wanderer.
Questions about inwanderer
- What does inwanderer mean?
- Inwanderer means one who wanders in; an immigrant.
- What part of speech is inwanderer?
- Inwanderer is a noun.
- What is the plural of inwanderer?
- The plural of inwanderer is inwanderers.
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