traveller
Meaning
- One who travels, especially to distant lands.
- A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
- Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
- Alternative letter-case form of Traveller
- A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
- A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
- A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
- A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
- A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
Synonyms
way-farer
steel traveler
ring traveller
member of a caravan
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɹævələ/
Etymology
From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.
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