farer

American  

[fair-er] / ˈfɛər ər /

noun

farers plural

1. a traveler, usually of a specified kind (used especially in combination, as in seafarer, spacefarer).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• farers
  plural

Example Sentences

"Pate disna fend on that alane; He can fell twa dogs wi' ae bane, While ither folk Must rest themselves content wi' ane, Nor farer trock."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

"Son, come within," said she, "and you may bring your fellow farer with you."

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller-handed spurtles I saw never nane.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

But I’m in a diffeeculty noo, sir, for ye ken I’m no acquaint wi’ this country nae farer than the Cluden ford, an’ here we hae come to a fork i’ the road.”

From Hunted and Harried by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

When unto the guid church she came, She at the door did stan'; She was sae sair sunk down wi' shame, She coudna come farer ben.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various