wayfarer

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way +‎ farer.

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Noun

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wayfarer (plural wayfarers)

  1. A traveller, especially one on foot.
    • 1954, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot[1], →ISBN, page 8:
      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?
  2. A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms.
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