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farer

/ˈfɛəɹə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
far-er
IPA
/ˈfɛəɹə(ɹ)/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who fares or travels, a traveller, tripper

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English farere (attested in Middle English weyfarere, weifarere (“wayfarer”)), equivalent to fare (“to journey, travel”) + -er. Compare Old English fara (“traveller, farer”). Doublet of Führer.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈfɛəɹə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

farers (plural)

Derived Forms

airfarer farfarer landfarer seafarer spacefarer wayfarer

Phrases

air-farer far-farer land-farer sea-farer way-farer

Homonyms

fairer

Rhymes With

bearer fairer wearer carer airer tearer flarer snarer

Questions

How do you pronounce farer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛəɹə(ɹ)/.
What does farer mean?
One who fares or travels, a traveller, tripper
Where does farer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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