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==Origin==
 
==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
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[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
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century Before 12th Century]
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==

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Origin

Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist

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