voyager

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British, Southern, Standard/ˈvojɪd͡ʒə/

noun

A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

Similar
traveller
OriginEnglish voyage ← Middle English viage ← Anglo-Norman viage →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounvoyager (plural voyagers)

plural voyagers

  1. A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

    This rudeness and official punctilio, however, brought forth a storm of protest from my fellow voyagers.

    1921 October, Maxwell H. H. Macartney, “An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2022

    Synonyms: traveller

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

Similar
traveller
Also see
bird of passagetraveller

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*wiā
  3. Latinvia
  4. Latinviāticus
  5. Latinviāticum
  6. Anglo-Normanviage
  7. Middle Englishviage
  8. Englishvoyage
  9. Englishvoyager

From voyage + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

voyager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voyager

MLA

“voyager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voyager. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voyager,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voyager.

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