wanderer
UK/ˈwɒndəɹə//ˈwɑndəɹɚ/
wanderer noun: one who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
Noun (1)
wanderer (plural wanderers)
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid
- The bibliotaph buries books; not literally, but sometimes with as much effect as if he had put his books underground. There are several varieties of him. The dog-in-the-manger bibliotaph is the worst; he uses his books but little himself, and allows others to use them not at all. On the other hand...1898, Leon H. Vincent, The Bibliotaph And Other People
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
- The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
Noun (2) capitalized: Wanderer
Wanderer (plural Wanderers)
- someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
wanderer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
wanderer in Hindi
- a wanderer, traveller; travelling merchant
- बंजारा bañjārā
- wanderer, vagabond, nomad
- ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś
- a wanderer
- घुमक्कड़ ghumakkaṛ
wanderer in Tamil
- அலைந்து திரிபவர், நாடோடி, ஊர்சுற்றி, குருட்டுக் குதிரை
wanderer in Urdu
- wanderer, vagrant
- خانہ بدوش xāna badoś
- wanderer
- آوارہ āvāra
wanderer in Bengali
- বিচরণকারী
More languagesFewer languages
- wanderer in Telugu
- సంచరించేవాడు
- wanderer in Malayalam
- അലഞ്ഞു നടക്കുന്നവൻ, ചുറ്റിസഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നവൻ, നാടോടി
- wanderer in Kannada
- ಅಲೆದಾಡುವವನು
- wanderer in Punjabi
- ਭਟਕਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਘੁੰਮਣ-ਫਿਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- wanderer in Gujarati
- ભટકનાર
- wanderer in Odia
- ବିଚରଣକାରୀ
- wanderer in Nepali
- घुम्नेवाला
- wanderer in Arabic
- هَائِم hāʔim
- wanderer in Indonesian
- pengelana, pengembara
- wanderer in Persian
- سرگردان sargardân
Examples of wanderer in a sentence
- I'm an internationalist You, wanderer, probably don't know what that is!
- I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer.
- Towards them toiled with shuffling gait two ragged wanderers, becindered and begrimed.
Synonyms of wanderer
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Forms of wanderer
| plural | wanderers |
|---|---|
| plural | Wanderers |
Origin of wanderer
From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate with Scots wanderer, wandirer (“wanderer”), Dutch wandelaar (“walker, hiker”), German Wanderer (“wanderer”), Danish vandrer (“wanderer”), Swedish vandrare (“wanderer”), Norwegian vandrer (“wanderer”).
Words formed from wanderer
Phrases with wanderer
Questions about wanderer
- What does wanderer mean?
- Wanderer means one who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- What is wanderer in Hindi?
- Wanderer in Hindi is बंजारा (bañjārā), ख़ानाबदोश (xānābadoś), घुमक्कड़ (ghumakkaṛ). See Wanderer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wanderer?
- Wanderer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wanderer?
- Wanderer is pronounced /ˈwɑndəɹɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of wanderer?
- The plural of wanderer is wanderers.
Words near wanderer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wanderer (page history and authors); Wanderer (page history and authors); ख़ानाबदोश (Hindi) (page history and authors); wanderer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آوارہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); wanderer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wanderer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wanderer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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