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ROAMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roamer mean? 

ROAMER (noun)
  The noun ROAMER has 1 sense:

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled lifeplay

  Familiarity information: ROAMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROAMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer

Hypernyms ("roamer" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roamer"):

nomad (a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons)

clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)

Derivation:

roam (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)


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