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roam

[rohm]
–verb (used without object)
1. to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.
–verb (used with object)
2. to wander over or through: to roam the countryside.
–noun
3. an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.

Origin:
1300–50; ME romen < ?


roamer, noun


1. stray, stroll, prowl. Roam, ramble, range, rove imply wandering about over (usually) a considerable amount of territory. Roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, esp. as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest. Ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home. Range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but extensive area in search of something: Cattle range over the plains. Rove sometimes implies wandering with specific incentive or aim, as an animal for prey: Bandits rove through these mountains.
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roam   (rōm)   
v.   roamed, roam·ing, roams

v.   intr.
To move about without purpose or plan; wander. See Synonyms at wander.
v.   tr.
To wander over or through: roamed the streets.
n.  The act or an instance of roaming.

[Middle English romen.]
roam'er n.
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Word Origin & History

roam 
c.1300, romen, possibly from O.E. *ramian "act of wandering about," related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no cognate forms in other Gmc. languages. "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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