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Definitions: Wayfarer |
WayfarerNoun1. Walks from place to place. 2. Goes on a trip. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wayfarer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Synonym: WayfarerSynonym: journeyer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Traveler | Noun: traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I love you like the Pilgrim loves the Holy Land, like the wayfarer loves his wayward ways, like the immigrant that I am loves America, and the blind man the memory of his sighted days. (Four Friends; writing credit: Steve Tesich) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wayfarer (1993) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The careless and busy wayfarer disappeared. |
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| "Wayfarer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Wayfarer" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
wayfarer | 46 | 1952 dodge wayfarer | 4 |
ray ban wayfarer | 37 | ban ii ray wayfarer | 4 |
wayfarer inn | 16 | 1950 dodge wayfarer | 4 |
camp wayfarer | 13 | publication wayfarer | 4 |
wayfarer sun glasses | 12 | wayfarer inn bedford nh | 3 |
ray ban wayfarer sun glasses | 10 | insurance wayfarer | 3 |
chapel wayfarer | 7 | beach motel myrtle wayfarer | 3 |
redemption wayfarer | 6 | dinghy wayfarer | 3 |
dodge wayfarer | 6 | church wayfarer | 2 |
boat sail wayfarer | 6 | poem wayfarer | 2 |
carmel wayfarer inn | 4 | wayfarer boat | 2 |
redington wayfarer | 4 | marine wayfarer | 2 |
motel wayfarer | 4 | infinity wayfarer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "wayfarer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | udhëtar (cruiser, fare, passenger, peregrinator, pilgrim, roadster, traveler, traveller, viator, voyager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المسافر (passenger, traveler, traveller), العابر سبيل, الجوال (prowler, ranger, tourist, traveler, traveller, vagrant, wanderer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пътник (fare, occupant, passenger, peripatetic, pilgrim, rider, traveler, traveller), пешеходец (foot passenger, footslogger, goer, pedestrian, peripatetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tulák (beachcomber, dosser, drifter, gadabout, hobo, itinerant, landloper, landraker, prowler, rambler, Ranger, rogue, rover, stroller, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer), poutník (pilgrim, wanderer), pocestný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مسافرپیاده , رهنورد (Roadster), رهرو. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voyageur (wayfaring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wanderer (backpacker, hiker, migrant, rambler, ramblers, traveler, Walker, wanderer, wayfarers), Reisende (passenger, tourist, traveler, travelers, traveller, travellers, voyager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οδοιπόροσ (pilgrim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עובר אורח (passerby, traveller), עובר דרך (traveller), הלך (go, wanderer), נודד (errant, globetrotter, itinerant, migrant, migratory, rover, wanderer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vándor (errant, itinerant, migrant, roamer, rover, strayer, wanderer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | viandante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | troailtagh (carpet-bagger; travelling, commuter, itinerant, itinerate, passenger, passerby, rep, representative, traveller, travelling salesman, traverse, trekker), coshagh (walker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayfarerway viajante (passenger seat, peripheral, pilgrimage, rider, traveler, traveller, viator, voyager, wanderer, way-worn), passageiro (ephemeral, fade, fare, fleet, momentary, passenger, passing, perfunctory, rider, temporary, transient, transitional, transitory). (various references) drumeţ (excursionist, foot passenger, traveller, wayfaring man), cãlãtor (excursionist, fare, fleeting, goer, itinerant, passenger, peregrine, peripatetic, pilgrim, rider, roaming, short lived, tourist, transitory, traveller, travelling, vagrant, visitor, voyager, wayfaring man). (various references) странник (nomad, pilgrim, wanderer), путник. (various references) putnik (fare, itinerant, passenger, passer, tourer, traveler, traveller, vacationer, vacationist, voyager). (various references) caminante (chirper, chirruper, goer, hiker, pedestrian, tramp, Walker). (various references) vägfarande (wayfaring). (various references) yaya yolcu (foot passenger). (various references) мандрівник (explorer, nomad, peripatetic, pilgrim, traveller, vagrant, voyager, wanderer). (various references) người đi bộ đi du lịch. (various references) fforddol (passer-by), cyniweirydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "wayfarer": wayfarers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "wayfarer" (pronounced 'Way"far`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-r-r-w-y" | |
-1 letter: warfare. | |
-2 letters: aweary, rarefy, wafery. | |
-3 letters: array, aware, faery, farer, ferry, fryer, rawer, refry, wafer, weary, wryer, yarer. | |
-4 letters: aery, afar, area, away, awry, eyra, fare, fear, frae, fray, rare, raya, rear, ware, wary, wear, yare, year. | |
-5 letters: are, arf, awa, awe, aye, ear, era, err, far, fay, fer, few, fey, fry, raw, ray, ref. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-r-r-w-y" | |
+1 letter: wayfarers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 79 66 61 72 65 72 |
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