Wanderer

Origin

Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist

• Before 12th Century

Definitions

• 1a : to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal

b : to go idly about : ramble <wandering around the house>

• 2: to follow a winding course : meander
• 3a : to go astray (as from a course) : stray <wandered away from the group>

b : to go astray morally : err

c : to lose normal mental contact : stray in thought <his mind wandered>

Description

An itinerant (or wanderer) is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home. The term comes from the late 16th century: from late Latin itinerant (travelling), from the verb itinerari, from Latin iter, itiner (journey, road).

See also

• Vagrant
• The Wanderer (poem)