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Wanderer

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈwɑndəɹɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒndəɹə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W AA1 N D ER0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spider

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: program, programme, computer program, computer programme

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roamer, rover, bird of passage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

Narrower terms: nomad, vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond

History

Etymology

From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate with Scots wanderer, wandirer (“wanderer”), Dutch wandelaar (“walker, hiker”), German Wanderer (“wanderer”), Danish vandrer (“wanderer”), Swedish vandrare (“wanderer”), Norwegian vandrer (“wanderer”).

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَائِم (hāʔim) — one who wanders
  • Armenian: թափառական (tʻapʻaṙakan) — one who wanders
  • Bulgarian: скитник (skitnik) — one who wanders
  • Bulgarian: странник (strannik) — one who wanders
  • Catalan: rodamón — one who wanders
  • Catalan: nòmada — one who wanders
  • Coptic: ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲱϯ (sarakōti) — one who wanders
  • Czech: tulák — one who wanders
  • Czech: nomád — one who wanders
  • Dutch: wandelaar — one who wanders
  • Dutch: dwaler — one who wanders
  • Dutch: zwermer — one who wanders
  • Dutch: doler — one who wanders
  • Finnish: kuljeksija — one who wanders
  • Finnish: kulkuri — one who wanders
  • French: vagabond — one who wanders
  • French: nomade — one who wanders
  • French: errant — one who wanders
  • French: vagant — one who wanders
  • Galician: leirán — one who wanders
  • Galician: vaganao — one who wanders
  • Galician: vagaceiro — one who wanders
  • Galician: vadío — one who wanders
  • Galician: moinante — one who wanders
  • Galician: lorán — one who wanders
  • Galician: galloufeiro — one who wanders
  • Galician: gandaieiro — one who wanders
  • Galician: leilán — one who wanders
  • Galician: calaceiro — one who wanders
  • Galician: vagamundo — one who wanders
  • Galician: vagabundo — one who wanders
  • Galician: vanadante — one who wanders
  • Georgian: მოხეტიალე (moxeṭiale) — one who wanders
  • Georgian: მაწანწალა (mac̣anc̣ala) — one who wanders
  • German: Wanderer — one who wanders
  • Ancient Greek: πλανήτης (planḗtēs) — one who wanders
  • Hebrew: נודד (nodéd) — one who wanders
  • Hungarian: vándor — one who wanders
  • Indonesian: pengelana — one who wanders
  • Indonesian: pengembara — one who wanders
  • Ingrian: hulkkuri — one who wanders
  • Irish: rianaí — one who wanders
  • Italian: vagabondo — one who wanders
  • Italian: girovago — one who wanders
  • Italian: vagante — one who wanders
  • Italian: errante — one who wanders
  • Italian: ramingo — one who wanders
  • Italian: nomade — one who wanders
  • Italian: errabondo — one who wanders
  • Japanese: 放浪者 (hōrōsha) — one who wanders
  • Central Kurdish: ئاوارە (aware) — one who wanders
  • Latin: errō — one who wanders
  • Macedonian: та́лкач (tálkač) — one who wanders
  • Macedonian: ски́тник (skítnik) — one who wanders
  • Māori: murare — one who wanders
  • Old English: wandrere — one who wanders
  • Persian: سرگردان (sargardân) — one who wanders
  • Plautdietsch: Waundra — one who wanders
  • Polish: wędrowiec — one who wanders
  • Polish: nomada — one who wanders
  • Polish: tułacz — one who wanders
  • Polish: włóczęga — one who wanders
  • Polish: włóczykij — one who wanders
  • Polish: łazik — one who wanders
  • Polish: wałęga — one who wanders
  • Polish: łazęga — one who wanders
  • Portuguese: vagante — one who wanders
  • Portuguese: vagabundo — one who wanders
  • Portuguese: vagabunda — one who wanders
  • Portuguese: nômade — one who wanders
  • Russian: путеше́ственник (putešéstvennik) — one who wanders
  • Russian: стра́нник (stránnik) — one who wanders
  • Spanish: vagabundo — one who wanders
  • Spanish: nómada — one who wanders
  • Spanish: patiperro — one who wanders
  • Spanish: pataiperro — one who wanders
  • Swedish: vandrare — one who wanders
  • Swedish: vandringsman — one who wanders
  • Turkish: gezgin — one who wanders
  • Welsh: crwydryn — one who wanders
  • Welsh: crwydriad — one who wanders