viator
[vahy-ey-tawr, -ter]
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noun, plural vi·a·to·res [vahy-uh-tawr-eez, -tohr-] /ˌvaɪ əˈtɔr iz, -ˈtoʊr-/.
a wayfarer; traveler.
Origin of viator
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Jean Plerin, also known as Viator, who wrote on perspective.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)Augustus de Morgan
Voyages in China by "Viator" (recovered with brown paper, red ink title).
UlyssesJames Joyce
Drusus accompanied his friend, the tribune Antonius, as the latter's viator, for there was need of a trusty guard.
A Friend of CaesarWilliam Stearns Davis
The men who rowed Viator's caique told him that they were the souls of the damned, condemned to perpetual motion.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8)William Wordsworth
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
viator
noun plural viatores (ˌvaɪəˈtɔːriːz)
Word Origin for viator
C16: from Latin, from viāre to travel
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