Wanderer
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dər noun Scottish History.
a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
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wander (ˈwɒndə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (also tr) to move or travel about, in, or through (a place) without any definite purpose or destination |
| 2. | to proceed in an irregular course; meander |
| 3. | to go astray, as from a path or course |
| 4. | (of the mind, thoughts, etc) to lose concentration or direction |
| 5. | to think or speak incoherently or illogically |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act or an instance of wandering |
| [Old English wandrian; related to Old Frisian wandria, Middle Dutch, Middle High German wanderen] | |
| 'wanderer | |
| —n | |
| 'wandering | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'wanderingly | |
| —adv | |
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