noun
Meaning 1
One who travels, especially to distant lands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
traveller
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UK: /ˈtɹævələ/
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UK: /ˈtɹævlə/
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US: /ˈtɹævəlɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 3
Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Traveller.
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Usage: Ireland, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
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Synonyms: router
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noun
Meaning 6
One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 7
A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 8
A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, lifestyle, media, television, theater
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noun
Meaning 9
A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
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Topics: bridge, games
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noun
Meaning 10
A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
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Usage: US
Qualifier: Mississippi Delta
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noun
Meaning 11
Part of the apparatus in various fiber spinning processes (for spinning fiber to thread or yarn); several types exist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
Examples
- ring traveler
- ring traveller
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noun
Meaning 12
Ellipsis of Irish Traveller, a member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 13
A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway.
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Qualifier: Norway
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noun
Meaning 14
a person who changes location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: traveler
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: absentee, air traveler, air traveller, arrival, arriver, comer, astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut, business traveler, carrier, bearer, toter, companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller, entrant, flier, flyer, follower, foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander, hosteller, messenger, courier, migrant, migrator, motorcyclist, mover, musher, passenger, rider, pedestrian, walker, footer, raftsman, raftman, rafter, runner, scourer, swimmer, natator, bather, tourist, tourer, holidaymaker, transient, trekker, visitor, visitant, voyager, wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage, wayfarer, journeyer, Polo, Marco Polo
History
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.
From traveller.
Across languages
Translations
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: udhëtar — one who travels
- Albanian: udhëtare — one who travels
- Arabic: مُسَافِر (musāfir) — one who travels
- Arabic: مُسَافِرَة (musāfira) — one who travels
- Arabic: سَائِح (sāʔiḥ) — one who travels
- Arabic: سَيَّاح (sayyāḥ) — one who travels
- Armenian: ճանապարհորդ (čanaparhord) — one who travels
- Armenian: ճամփորդ (čampʻord) — one who travels
- Armenian: ուղեւոր (uġewor) — one who travels
- Azerbaijani: səyyah — one who travels
- Azerbaijani: səyahətçi — one who travels
- Bashkir: сәйәхәтсе (səyəxətse) — one who travels
- Basque: bidaiari — one who travels
- Belarusian: падаро́жнік (padaróžnik) — one who travels
- Belarusian: падаро́жніца (padaróžnica) — one who travels
- Belarusian: вандро́ўнік (vandrównik) — one who travels
- Belarusian: вандро́ўніца (vandrównica) — one who travels
- Bengali: মুসাফির (musafir) — one who travels
- Bengali: রাহী (rahī) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пътеше́ственик (pǎtešéstvenik) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пътеше́ственица (pǎtešéstvenica) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пътеше́ственичка (pǎtešéstvenička) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пъ́тник (pǎ́tnik) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пъ́тница (pǎ́tnica) — one who travels
- Bulgarian: пъ́тничка (pǎ́tnička) — one who travels
- Burmese: ခရီးသည် (hka.ri:sany) — one who travels
- Catalan: viatger — one who travels
- Catalan: viatgera — one who travels
- Chinese Cantonese: 旅遊者 /旅游者 (leoi5 jau4 ze2) — one who travels
- Chinese Cantonese: 游客 (jau4 haak3) — one who travels
- Chinese Cantonese: 旅行家 (leoi5 hang4 gaa1) — one who travels
- Chinese Cantonese: 旅行者 (leoi5 hang4 ze2) — one who travels
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅遊者 /旅游者 (lǚyóuzhě) — one who travels
- Chinese Mandarin: 游客 (yóukè) — one who travels
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅行家 (lǚxíngjiā) — one who travels
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě) — one who travels
- Ngazidja Comorian: msafiri — one who travels
- Czech: cestovatel — one who travels
- Czech: cestovatelka — one who travels
- Danish: rejsende — one who travels
- Dutch: reiziger — one who travels
- Dutch: reizigster — one who travels
- Esperanto: vojaĝanto — one who travels
- Estonian: rändaja — one who travels
- Finnish: matkustaja — one who travels
- Finnish: matkailija — one who travels
- Finnish: matkalainen — one who travels
- Finnish: matkaaja — one who travels
- French: voyageur — one who travels
- French: voyageuse — one who travels
- Galician: viaxeiro — one who travels
- Georgian: მოგზაური (mogzauri) — one who travels
- German: Reisender — one who travels
- German: Reisende — one who travels
- Greek: ταξιδιώτης (taxidiótis) — one who travels
- Greek: ταξιδιώτρια (taxidiótria) — one who travels
- Greek: ταξιδιώτισσα (taxidiótissa) — one who travels
- Ancient Greek: ὁδοιπόρος (hodoipóros) — one who travels
- Hebrew: נוֹסֵעַ (noséa) — one who travels
- Hebrew: נוֹסַעַת (nosá'at) — one who travels
- Hindi: गामी (gāmī) — one who travels
- Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir) — one who travels
- Hindi: यात्री (yātrī) — one who travels
- Hungarian: utazó — one who travels
- Icelandic: ferðamaður — one who travels
- Icelandic: ferðalangur — one who travels
- Ingrian: matkalain — one who travels
- Ingrian: putešestvenikka — one who travels
- Irish: taistealaí — one who travels
- Irish: imeachtaí — one who travels
- Italian: viaggiatore — one who travels
- Italian: viaggiatrice — one who travels
- Italian: viandante — one who travels
- Italian: girovago — one who travels
- Japanese: 旅人 (tabibito) — one who travels
- Japanese: 旅行者 (ryokōsha) — one who travels
- Kazakh: жиһангез (jihañez) — one who travels
- Kazakh: жиһангер (jihañer) — one who travels
- Kazakh: жиһанкез (jihankez) — one who travels
- Kazakh: сапаршы (saparşy) — one who travels
- Kazakh: саяхатшы (saäxatşy) — one who travels
- Khmer: អ្នកដំណើរ (nĕək dɑmnaə) — one who travels
- Kikuyu: mũgendi — one who travels
- Korean: 여행자 (yeohaengja) — one who travels
- Korean: 려행자 (ryeohaengja) — one who travels
- Korean: 여인 (yeoin) — one who travels
- Korean: 려인 (ryeoin) — one who travels
- Northern Kurdish: gerok — one who travels
- Kyrgyz: саякатчы (sayakatcı) — one who travels
- Lao: ນັກທ່ຽວ (nak thiāu) — one who travels
- Lao: ນັກເດີນທາງ (nak dœ̄n thāng) — one who travels
- Latin: viātor — one who travels
- Latin: viatrix — one who travels
- Latin: peregrinus — one who travels
- Latvian: ceļotājs — one who travels
- Latvian: ceļotāja — one who travels
- Lithuanian: keliautojas — one who travels
- Lithuanian: keliautoja — one who travels
- Macedonian: па́тник (pátnik) — one who travels
- Macedonian: па́тничка (pátnička) — one who travels
- Malay: perantau — one who travels
- Mongolian: аянч (ajanč) — one who travels
- Mongolian: аянчин (ajančin) — one who travels
- Mongolian: аялагч (ajalagč) — one who travels
- Norman: viageux — one who travels
- Norwegian Bokmål: reisende — one who travels
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reisande — one who travels
- Occitan: viatjaire — one who travels
- Church Slavic: пѫтьникъ (pǫtĭnikŭ) — one who travels
- Pashto: يونی (yunay) — one who travels
- Pashto: مسافر (mosāfer) — one who travels
- Pashto: سياح (sayāh) — one who travels
- Dari: مُسَافِر (musāfir) — one who travels
- Dari: سَیَّاح (sayyāh) — one who travels
- Iranian Persian: مُسافِر (mosâfer) — one who travels
- Iranian Persian: سَیَّاح (sayyâh) — one who travels
- Polish: podróżnik — one who travels
- Polish: podróżniczka — one who travels
- Portuguese: viajante — one who travels
- Romanian: călător — one who travels
- Romanian: călătoare — one who travels
- Romanian: voiajor — one who travels
- Romanian: drumeț — one who travels
- Romanian: drumeață — one who travels
- Russian: путеше́ственник (putešéstvennik) — one who travels
- Russian: путеше́ственница (putešéstvennica) — one who travels
- Russian: пу́тник (pútnik) — one who travels
- Russian: пу́тница (pútnica) — one who travels
- Russian: стра́нник (stránnik) — one who travels
- Scottish Gaelic: taistealaiche — one who travels
- Serbo-Croatian: пу̑тнӣк — one who travels
- Serbo-Croatian: пу̑тница — one who travels
- Serbo-Croatian: pȗtnīk — one who travels
- Serbo-Croatian: pȗtnica — one who travels
- Slovak: cestovateľ — one who travels
- Slovak: cestovateľka — one who travels
- Slovene: potnik — one who travels
- Slovene: potnica — one who travels
- Southern Altai: јерчи (ǰerči) — one who travels
- Southern Altai: јолчы (ǰolčï) — one who travels
- Spanish: viajero — one who travels
- Spanish: viajera — one who travels
- Spanish: navegante — one who travels
- Swahili: msafiri — one who travels
- Swahili: wasafiri — one who travels
- Swedish: resenär — one who travels
- Swedish: upptäcksresande — one who travels
- Swedish: resande — one who travels
- Tagalog: manlalakbay — one who travels
- Tajik: сайёҳ (sayyoh) — one who travels
- Tajik: мусофир (musofir) — one who travels
- Tatar: сәяхәтче (säyäxätçe) — one who travels
- Telugu: ప్రయాణికుడు (prayāṇikuḍu) — one who travels
- Thai: นักเดินทาง (nák-dəən-taang) — one who travels
- Thai: ผู้เดินทาง (pûu-dəən-taang) — one who travels
- Tibetan: འགྲུལ་པ ('grul pa) — one who travels
- Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད་བྱེད་མཁན ('grul bzhud byed mkhan) — one who travels
- Turkish: yolcu — one who travels
- Turkish: gezgin — one who travels
- Turkish: seyyah — one who travels
- Ottoman Turkish: یولجی (yolcu) — one who travels
- Turkmen: syýahatçy — one who travels
- Ukrainian: мандрі́вник (mandrívnyk) — one who travels
- Ukrainian: мандрі́вниця (mandrívnycja) — one who travels
- Ukrainian: подоро́жник (podoróžnyk) — one who travels
- Ukrainian: подоро́жниця (podoróžnycja) — one who travels
- Urdu: مُسافِر (musāfir) — one who travels
- Urdu: یاتْری (yātrī) — one who travels
- Urdu: سَیَّاح (sayyāh) — one who travels
- Uyghur: ساياھەتچى (sayahetchi) — one who travels
- Uzbek: sayyoh — one who travels
- Uzbek: sayohatchi — one who travels
- Vietnamese: người đi du lịch — one who travels
- Volapük: tävan — one who travels
- Volapük: hitävan — one who travels
- Volapük: jitävan — one who travels
- Welsh: teithiwr — one who travels
- Irish: traibhléir — nautical: metal ring
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