journeyer

noun

Definition of journeyernext
as in pilgrim

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  1. pilgrim
  2. wayfarer
  3. visitor
Noun
  • Hybe’s Seoul headquarters is a nineteen-story tower swarming with activity: each day, hundreds of pilgrims show up, hoping for a glimpse of their idols.
    Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The relic trade was big business at the time; relics were bought and sold, and pilgrims often paid a fee to visit them.
    Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of pilgrim
Noun
  • My personal nightmare manifested around 2018 in the form of ’90s-style tiny sunglasses (and later, eyeglasses), after what felt like a solid two decades of the wayfarers and oversized frames that suited my very round face.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Knee-high, eroded Jizo statues that resembled children — often cloaked in red bibs — peppered the trail to ward off evil and safeguard wayfarers like me.
    Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Definition of wayfarer
Noun
  • And with Uganda Airlines’ new direct flight from Heathrow to Entebbe, getting here, at least for UK visitors, is now a cinch.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
  • As a culture of etiquette, Southern visitors know not to arrive anywhere empty-handed.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of visitor
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