wayfarer

wayfarer
wayfarer mid-15c., agent noun from WAY (Cf. way) + FARE (Cf. fare) (v.). Earlier was wayferer (late 14c.). The brand of sunglasses (manufactured by Ray-Ban) dates to 1952.

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  • Wayfarer — may refer to:* Wayfarer (dinghy), a class of sailing dinghy. * Wayfarer 2.2, an alternate shell for Windows 3.1x. * Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. * The Wayfarer, a painting by Hieronymus Bosch. * Wayfarer Redemption, a series of books by fantasy… …   Wikipedia

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  • Wayfarer — Way far er, n. One who travels; a traveler; a passenger. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wayfarer — [n] traveler adventurer, barnstormer*, bum*, drifter, excursionist, explorer, gadabout*, globe trotter, gypsy, hiker, hitchhiker, hobo, itinerant, journeyer, nomad, peddler, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, trekker, vagabond, vagrant, walker,… …   New thesaurus

  • wayfarer — ► NOUN literary ▪ a person who travels on foot. DERIVATIVES wayfaring noun …   English terms dictionary

  • wayfarer — [wā′fer΄ər] n. a person who travels, esp. from place to place on foot wayfaring adj., n …   English World dictionary

  • Wayfarer 2.2 — infobox Software name=Wayfarer | | caption= developer=Iain Clifford Heath (no longer developed)| latest release version=2.2 | latest release date= 14 April 1995| operating system=Windows 3.1 | genre=Operating System Shell | license=Freeware |… …   Wikipedia

  • Wayfarer — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Wayfarer peut désigner: Wayfarer une paire de lunettes de soleil fabriquée par Ray Ban Wayfarer un album de Jan Garbarek The Wayfarer, une peinture de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • wayfarer — UK [ˈweɪˌfeərə(r)] / US [ˈweɪˌferər] noun [countable] Word forms wayfarer : singular wayfarer plural wayfarers literary a person who travels by walking Derived word: wayfaring noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • Wayfarer Redemption — is a series of books by fantasy author Sara Douglass. The entire series is comprised of six novels, and subdivided into two trilogies: the Axis trilogy, and the Wayfarer Redemption trilogy. This sequence is followed by the Darkglass Mountain… …   Wikipedia

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