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Wanderjahr definition

Wan·der·jahr (vän′dər yär′)

noun pl. Wanderjahre -·jah′re (-yä′rə)

  1. a year of travel before settling down to one's vocation: originally a custom of European journeymen
  2. any lengthy period of travel

Etymology: Ger, wander-year

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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