wanderer
/ˈwɒnd(ə)rə
/noun
A person who travels aimlessly; a traveller: he is a longtime seaman, a rootless wanderer...
- From time immemorial our human race has been called a race of wanderers and wayfarers, a restless people forever setting forth in pursuit of a better life.
- But I came from a clan of travelers, mountaineers and wanderers, and the idea of escape occurred naturally to me.
- These wanderers still travel to the ruins of the old house and try to start up the old hearth fire.
Synonyms
traveller, rambler, hiker, wayfarer, migrant, globetrotter, roamer, rover;
itinerant, rolling stone;
nomad, gypsy, Romany;
tramp, drifter, tinker, vagabond, vagrant;
homeless person, displaced person, person of no fixed address/abode
informal dosser, bag lady
North American informal hobo, bum
dated bird of passage
