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wayfarer

noun/ˈweɪˌfeərə/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
LiteraryRegister

A person who travels on foot, especially over a long distance.

The inn had for centuries offered a bed and a hot meal to any wayfarer.

Similar: traveller, wanderer, pilgrim

Origin: From Old English weg 'way' + faran 'to travel'.

Topic: traveller in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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