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Saunterer   Listen
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Saunterer  n.  One who saunters.





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"Saunterer" Quotes from Famous Books



... SAUNTERER. An idle, lounging fellow; by some derived from SANS TERRE; applied to persons, who, having no lands or home, lingered and loitered about. Some derive it from persons devoted to the Holy Land, SAINT TERRE, who loitered about, as waiting ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.
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... the pioneer has wisely left standing, and which sheds a coolness and freshness that make the water more sweet. In the shade of this tree the harvesters sit and eat their lunch, and look out upon the quivering air of the fields. Here the Sunday saunterer stops and lounges with his book, and bathes his hands and face in the cool fountain. Hither the strawberry-girl comes with her basket and pauses a moment in the green shade. The plowman leaves his plow, and in long ...
— The Writings of John Burroughs • John Burroughs
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Words linked to "Saunterer" :   footer, walker, pedestrian, ambler, saunter


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