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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''wandren'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''wandrian''; akin to Middle High German ''wandern'' to wander, Old English [[windan]] to [[wind]], twist
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 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]]'''''
*'''''[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=Wdr The Wanderer (poem)]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''wandren'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''wandrian''; akin to Middle High German ''wandern'' to wander, Old English [[windan]] to [[wind]], twist
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 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]]'''''
*'''''[http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=Wdr The Wanderer (poem)]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]