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Wanderer

[won-der-er]

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)

—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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