viator

[ vahy-ey-tawr, -ter ]

/ vaɪˈeɪ tɔr, -tər /

noun, plural vi·a·to·res [vahy-uh-tawr-eez, -tohr-] /ˌvaɪ əˈtɔr iz, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a wayfarer; traveler.

Nearby words

viangchan, viareggio, viatical, viatical settlement, viaticum, viator, vibe, vibes, vibey, vibist, viborg

Origin of viator

1495–1505; < Latin viātor equivalent to viā(re) to travel (derivative of via way) + -tor -tor

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Examples from the Web for viator

Every man, while as viator he walks lifes via non tuta, has his guardian angel.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
In six weeks he was back again at Trieste and so ended Viator's 375 last expedition.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright
Then viator (though it sounds all right) is doubtful; it has too much, perhaps, the sense of wayfarer?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
It was also introduced into the Margarita Philosophica of 1815, in the same appendix with the new perspective from Viator.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan

Wake siah memloose,—not long dead was the builder, and viator might camp here unquestioned.
Mount Rainier|Various

British Dictionary definitions for viator

viator

/ (vaɪˈeɪtɔː) /

noun plural viatores (ˌvaɪəˈtɔːriːz)

rare a traveller

Word Origin for viator

C16: from Latin, from viāre to travel

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