Meaning

adjective located at a great distance in time or space or degree

adjective being of a considerable distance or length

adjective being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

originFrom 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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0