as in traveller
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
a wanderer who reasoned that he could never be lost, as he didn't care where he was going
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Noun
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Their weapon, the Sarmat, is named for centuries-old nomads who traversed the steppe on horse.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Inspired by the plight of the serfs and his experience among Siberian nomads and the watchmakers of Jura, Switzerland, among other influences, Kropotkin became a luminary of anarchist communism.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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More than 75% of all U.S. leisure travelers participate in cultural or heritage activities such as visiting museums.—
Margi Glavovic Nothard,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Visit California, the state’s tourism agency, revised its overall projections for 2025 visitor spending this month to $160 billion from $166 billion, following the slowdown in the growth of international travelers and the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January.—
Ceylan Yeğinsu,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At that point, a wayfarer named Reza (Erkan Koçak Köstendil) pops into the picture, showing up at Ali’s cabin in the hills outside town and offering up his services as a gardener.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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My personal nightmare manifested around 2018 in the form of ’90s-style tiny sunglasses (and later, eyeglasses), after what felt like a solid two decades of the wayfarers and oversized frames that suited my very round face.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Noun
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In both the series and the books, Jack Reacher is a drifter who moves from town to town, so Ritchson's hero is the show's most consistent presence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Kelly Reichardt’s quietly shattering drama, Michelle Williams plays a drifter stranded in Oregon who’s separated from her beloved dog, Lucy, after she’s arrested for shoplifting food.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Wanderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wanderer. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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