Wayfarer: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Wayfarer noun. A traveller on foot.
How to say it
WAY-fair-uh/ˈweɪfeərə/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (WAY). Forms: wayfarers.
Wayfarer in a sentence
The old inn has offered bread and beer to wayfarers for five hundred years.
A lone wayfarer trudged along the drove road towards the hills.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- traveller
- walker
- wanderer
- pilgrim
Where wayfarer comes from
From way plus fare, in its old sense of to travel.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
A lone _____ trudged along the drove road towards the hills.
- excursion
- trek
- wayfarer
Show the answer
wayfarer: A lone wayfarer trudged along the drove road towards the hills.