Why this word is great
WAYFARER — [Noun] A traveler, especially one who journeys on foot. From Middle English weyfarere, equivalent to way ("road, path") + farer ("traveler, one who fares or goes"). Unlike a voyager, which conjures grand odysseys across uncharted seas, or a commuter, which denotes a mechanical, recurring transit between fixed points, a wayfarer is defined by a deliberate, earthbound intimacy with the road itself. It is the worn leather of the boot-sole, the weight of a pack adjusted at a crossroads, the shared nod between strangers at a dusk-lit inn—a figure whose progress is measured not in leagues, but in the quiet accumulation of miles, a temporary belonging to the path.