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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roam \Roam\ (r[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roamed} (r[=o]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Roaming}.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS.
     [=a]r[=ae]man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS.
     r[=o]m[=o]n to strive after, OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was
     probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim,
     originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero.


     Cf. {Ramble}.]
     To go from place to place without any certain purpose or
     direction; to rove; to wander.
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           He roameth to the carpenter's house.     --Chaucer.
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           Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.    --Shak.
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     Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "roaming":
     Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, bumming, circumforaneous,
     discursion, discursive, divagation, divagatory, drifting, errant,
     errantry, flitting, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free,
     fugitive, gadding, gypsy-like, gypsyish, hoboism, itineracy,
     itinerancy, landloping, meandering, migrational, migratory, nomad,
     nomadic, nomadism, peregrination, pererration, ramble, rambling,
     ranging, roam, rove, roving, shifting, straggling, straying,
     strolling, traipsing, transient, transitory, transmigratory,
     vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia, vagabondism, vagrancy, vagrant,
     wandering, wanderlust, wayfaring
  
  

















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