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thoroughfarer

thoroughfarer noun: one who travels through a place.

Noun

thoroughfarer (plural thoroughfarers)

  1. (archaic, rare) One who travels through a place.
    • This town is also notorious for the mischief and trouble it gives thoroughfarers; and but for our coming under the protection of Dowilnyah, it soon fell out what would have happened.1870, The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 46, page 229
    • […] isolated spot seldom passed by thoroughfarers and by reason of its lack of shade had no attraction for loiterers.1920, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 192, page 14

Forms of thoroughfarer

pluralthoroughfarers

Questions about thoroughfarer

What does thoroughfarer mean?
Thoroughfarer means one who travels through a place.
What part of speech is thoroughfarer?
Thoroughfarer is a noun.
What is the plural of thoroughfarer?
The plural of thoroughfarer is thoroughfarers.

Words near thoroughfarer in the dictionary

  1. thoroughbreed
  2. thoroughbreeds
  3. thorougher
  4. thoroughest
  5. thoroughfare
  6. thoroughfarer
  7. thoroughfarers
  8. thoroughfares
  9. thoroughflow
  10. thoroughgo
  11. thoroughgoing

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