Dictionary Entry

wayfarer

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˈweɪˌfɛəɹ.ə(ɹ)/Used In Literature ↓

A traveller, especially one on foot.

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Common Phrases

. wayfarerwayfarer poorwayfarer anywayfarer wearywayfarer solitarywayfarer thirsty

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Poetry examples for “wayfarer”

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Each plodding wayfarer looks up to gaze,
Blinded by rainbow haze,

And the steady wind blew yet more cool;
And crouched on a stone a wayfarer sobbed,
For at last he knew he was only a fool.

I met Lore midway while the idr was hot,
Clothed lightly as a wayfarer might be.
And for the cheer he showed, he seemed to me

Of thee what word remains ere speech be still?
A wayfarer by barren ways and chill,
Steep ways and weary, without her thou art,

Love is no random road wayfarer
Who where he may must sip his glass.

Reflects his figure that doth pass.
Every wayfarer he meets
What himself declared repeats,

The wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,