Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Traveling, especially on foot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Journeying; traveling, especially on foot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Traveling; passing; being on a journey.
- adjective (Bot.) a European shrub (
Viburnum lantana ) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers. - adjective (Bot.) the (
Viburnum lantanoides ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Travelling , especially on foot. - adjective
Peripatetic . - noun
Travel , especially onfoot . - verb Present participle of
wayfare .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective traveling especially on foot
- noun traveling (especially on foot)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And how about that verse about Mary and her "wayfaring"?
Archive 2008-04-01 bls 2008
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Anyways, all that to say I found this incredibly cool tool called wayfaring via Miss Ginsu’s website, The Hedonista.
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Anyways, all that to say I found this incredibly cool tool called wayfaring via Miss Ginsu’s website, The Hedonista.
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Greetings to all wayfaring strangers lost in elaborate egg hunts!
Rites of Spring Marcus Speh 2011
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The author did his share of college tours and the like, as Ms. Cash recounts, and he admitted that this wayfaring life, which only seemed to exacerbate his alcoholism, sometimes interfered with his writing.
A Small-Town Life Writ Large Carl Rollyson 2011
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Among Pacific peoples, who were fast becoming Westernized, it led to a resurgence of cultural pride and a renewed interest in ancient wayfaring skills.
Mau Piailug, 78, sailor who navigated the oceans without the help of technology, dies 2010
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Oh, that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them!
The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010
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Yes, when a wayfaring ex-governor motivates patrons.
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Mr. Piailug feared that the powerful pull of Western culture on young Pacific islanders would eventually lead to the extinction of traditional wayfaring, Thomas said Monday.
Mau Piailug, 78, sailor who navigated the oceans without the help of technology, dies 2010
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In 1976, Mr. Piailug made international headlines when -- using nothing but nature's clues and the lessons he'd learned from his grandfather, a master navigator schooled in traditional Micronesian wayfaring -- he steered a traditional sailing canoe more than 3,000 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti.
Mau Piailug, 78, sailor who navigated the oceans without the help of technology, dies 2010
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