WONDERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wonderer mean? 

• WONDERER (noun)
  The noun WONDERER has 2 senses:

1. someone who is curious about something

2. someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something

  Familiarity information: WONDERER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WONDERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is curious about something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Derivation:

wonder (have a wish or desire to know something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

marveller; wonderer

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

admirer (a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves)

Derivation:

wonder (be amazed at)

 Context examples 

The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon's visit at the park, with his steadiness in concealing its cause, filled the mind, and raised the wonder of Mrs. Jennings for two or three days; she was a great wonderer, as every one must be who takes a very lively interest in all the comings and goings of all their acquaintance.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)