wanderer

wan·der  (wndr)

v. wan·dered, wan·der·ing, wan·ders

v.intr.

1. To move about without a definite destination or purpose.

2. To go by an indirect route or at no set pace; amble: wander toward town.

3. To proceed in an irregular course; meander.

4. To go astray: wander from the path of righteousness.

5. To lose clarity or coherence of thought or expression.

v.tr.

To wander across or through: wander the forests and fields.

n.

The act or an instance of wandering; a stroll.

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[Middle English wanderen, from Old English wandrian.]

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wander·er n.

wander·ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: wander, ramble, roam, rove¹, range, meander, stray, gallivant, gad¹
These verbs mean to move about at random or without destination or purpose. Wander and ramble stress the absence of a fixed course or goal: wandered down the hall lost in thought. "They would go off together, rambling along the river" (John Galsworthy).
Roam and rove emphasize freedom of movement, often over a wide area: "Herds of horses and cattle roamed at will over the plain" (George W. Cable). "For ten long years I roved about, living first in one capital, then another" (Charlotte Brontë).
Range suggests wandering in all directions: "a large hunting party known to be ranging the prairie" (Francis Parkman).
Meander suggests leisurely wandering over an irregular or winding course: "He meandered to and fro . . . observing the manners and customs of Hillport society" (Arnold Bennett).
Stray refers to deviation from a proper course: "I ask pardon, I am straying from the question" (Oliver Goldsmith).
Gallivant refers to wandering in search of pleasure: gallivanted all over the city during our visit.
Gad suggests restlessness: gadded about unaccompanied in foreign places.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life bird of passage, roamer, rover traveler, traveller - a person who changes location nomad - a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
	2.	wanderer - 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 spider computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

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wanderer

noun traveller, rover, nomad, drifter, ranger, journeyer, gypsy, explorer, migrant, rolling stone, rambler, voyager, tripper, itinerant, globetrotter, vagrant, stroller, vagabond, wayfarer, bird of passage His father, a restless wanderer, abandoned the family.

Translations

wanderer [ˈwɒndərəʳ] N (= traveller) → viajero/a m/f (pej) → vagabundo/a m/f; (= tribesman, nomad) → nómada mf
the wanderer returns! (hum) → ¡ha vuelto el viajero!
I've always been a wanderer → nunca he querido establecerme de fijo en un sitio

wanderer [ˈwɒndərə^r] n → vagabond(e) m/f

wanderer

n → Wandervogel m; the Masai are wanderers → die Massai sind ein Wanderstamm m; that child is a real wanderer → das Kind treibt sich überall herum

wanderer [ˈwɒndərəʳ] n → giramondo m/f inv