wanderer

Variant of wander

intransitive verb

  1. to move or go about aimlessly, without plan or fixed destination; ramble; roam
  2. to go to a destination in a casual way or by an indirect route; idle; stroll
    1. to turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
    2. to stray from home, friends, familiar places, etc.: often with off
  3. to go astray in mind or purpose; specif.,
    1. to drift away from a subject, as in discussion; stray or roam in thought
    2. to turn away from accepted belief or morals
    3. to be disjointed, disordered, incoherent, etc.
  4. to pass or extend in an irregular course; meander, as a river
  5. to move idly from one object to another: said of the eyes, a glance, the hands, etc.

Origin: ME wandren < OE wandrian, akin to Ger wandern, akin ? to wend, wind

transitive verb

to roam through, in, or over without plan or destination: to wander the world

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