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# wayfarer

noun (a wayfarer, wayfarers)

«wayfarer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(literary, old) A wayfarer is a traveller who goes on foot, walking from place to place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#m1)

### In the lessons

An old storybook word for walkers on long journeys. In The Wind in the Willows the chapter «Wayfarers All» tells of the Sea Rat, a wanderer who tempts Rat to leave home and travel. In church hymns, life is sometimes called a journey, and the faithful are wayfarers. Phrase: «weary wayfarer».

### Examples

- The weary wayfarer stopped at the inn for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x1)
- «Wayfarers All» is a chapter about the call to travel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x2)
- The wayfarer asked the farmer the way to town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x3)
- Pilgrims and wayfarers walked the old road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x4)
- The Sea Rat was a wayfarer who had seen many lands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x5)
- The cottage gave shelter to wayfarers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x6)
- As the sacred wayfarers pursued their journey, there came rolling towards them a barrel full of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/#x7)

### Note

Countable. From «way» (road) + «fare» (to travel). Verb-like adjective: «wayfaring». Modern words: traveller, walker, hiker.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wayfarer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wayfarer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wayfarer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wayfarer.html) on Mova free.