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globetrotter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: G L OW1 B T R AO0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who travels often to faraway places.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who travels widely and often

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: world traveler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite

History

Etymology

From globe + trotter.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rodamón — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Danish: globetrotter — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Dutch: wereldreiziger — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Esperanto: globtrotulo — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Finnish: maailmanmatkaaja — person who travels often to faraway places
  • French: globetrotteur — person who travels often to faraway places
  • French: bourlingueur — person who travels often to faraway places
  • German: Weltenbummler — person who travels often to faraway places
  • German: Weltenbummlerin — person who travels often to faraway places
  • German: Globetrotter — person who travels often to faraway places
  • German: Globetrotterin — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Hungarian: világjáró — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Italian: giramondo — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Japanese: グローブトロッター (gurōbutorottā) — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Norwegian Bokmål: globetrotter — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: globetrotter — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Polish: obieżyświat — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Russian: путеше́ственник (putešéstvennik) — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Russian: путеше́ственница (putešéstvennica) — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Spanish: trotamundos — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Swedish: globetrotter — person who travels often to faraway places
  • Turkish: seyyâh-ı âlem — person who travels often to faraway places