wayfarer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way + farer.
Meanings
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A traveller, especially one on foot.
ESTRAGON: That would be too bad, really too bad. (Pause.) Wouldn't it, Didi, be really too bad? (Pause.) When you think of the beauty of the way. (Pause.) And the goodness of the wayfarers. (Pause. Wheedling.) Wouldn't it, Didi?
1954 [1948], Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot […] , New York: Grove Press, translation of En attendant Godot, page 11: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 — 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wayfarers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (48)
pt andarilho (traveller) · ga rianaí (traveller) · ang weġfarend (traveller) · el ταξιδιώτης (traveller) · lv ceļinieks (traveller) · pt viajante (traveller) · tt мосафир (traveller) · lv ceļotāja (traveller) · hy ճանապարհորդ (traveller) · ru пу́тник (traveller) · ota یولجی (traveller) · ks وَتہِ پَکہٕ وُن (traveller) · bg пътник (traveller) · hy ուղևոր (traveller) · pl wędrowiec (traveller) · it viandante (traveller) · izh matkalain (traveller) · cs pocestný (traveller) · fr voyageur (traveller) · da vejfarende (traveller) · la viātrix (traveller) · ca caminant (traveller) · nl reiziger (traveller) · hy ճամփորդ (traveller) · el ταξιδιώτρια (traveller) · ar ibn sabīlمُسَافِر ,ابن السبيل musāfir (traveller) · bn মুসাফির (traveller) · mk патник (traveller) · hu vándor (traveller) · grc ὁδοιπόρος (traveller) · ja 旅人 (traveller) · tt сәфәрче (traveller) · ru стра́нник (traveller) · ks مُسٲفِر (traveller) · es caminante (traveller) · cmn 旅行者 (traveller) · bn রাহী (traveller) · ks وَتہٕ گَتھ (traveller) · fi kulkija (traveller) · cy fforddolyn (traveller) · sv vägfarande (traveller) · de Wandersmann (traveller) · it viaggiatore (traveller) · el ταξιδιώτισσα (traveller) · ja トレッカー (traveller) · cs poutník (traveller) · hu utazó (traveller) · la viātor (traveller)