wayfarer
/ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/
wayfarer noun: a traveller, especially one on foot.
Noun
wayfarer (plural wayfarers)
- A traveller, especially one on foot.
- His head far down the hot sweet throat of her —
So one tracks love, whose breath is deadlier,
And lo, one springe and you are fast in hell,
Fast as the gin's grip of a wayfarer.1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris - English travellers are sometimes found grumbling because the señor who keeps a wayside posada, or even a more pretentious inn in one of the towns, does not stand, hat in hand, bowing obsequiously to the wayfarer who deigns to use the accommodation provided.1904, L. Higgin, Eugène E. Street, Spanish Life in Town and Country
- His head far down the hot sweet throat of her —
wayfarer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
wayfarer in Tamil
- wayfarer; traveller; pedestrian; one who goes on foot
- வழிப்போக்கன் vaḻippōkkaṉ
wayfarer in Urdu
- مسافر, پنتھی, راہ رو
wayfarer in Bengali
- traveller
- মুসাফির musafir, রাহী rahī
wayfarer in Malayalam
- വഴിപോക്കൻ, യാത്രക്കാരൻ, പ്രയാണി
More languagesFewer languages
- wayfarer in Kannada
- ಹಾದಿಹೋಕ, ದಾರಿಗ, ದಾರಿಹೋಕ
- wayfarer in Gujarati
- વટેમાર્ગુ vaṭemārgu
- wayfarer in Odia
- ବାଟୁଆ bāṭuā
- wayfarer in Arabic
- ibn sabīlمُسَافِر ,ابن السبيل musāfir
- Kashmiri
- مُسٲفِر musạ̄fir, وَتہِ پَکہٕ وُن vati pakụvun, وَتہٕ گَتھ vatụ gath
Forms of wayfarer
| plural | wayfarers |
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Origin of wayfarer
From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way + farer.
Questions about wayfarer
- What does wayfarer mean?
- Wayfarer means a traveller, especially one on foot.
- What is wayfarer in Tamil?
- Wayfarer in Tamil is வழிப்போக்கன் (vaḻippōkkaṉ). See Wayfarer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wayfarer?
- Wayfarer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wayfarer?
- Wayfarer is pronounced /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wayfarer?
- The plural of wayfarer is wayfarers.
Words near wayfarer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wayfarer (page history and authors); வழிப்போக்கன் (Tamil) (page history and authors); wayfarer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wayfarer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wayfarer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વટેમાર્ગુ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ବାଟୁଆ (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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