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trav·el·er

or trav·el·ler (trăv′əl-ər, trăv′lər)

1. One who travels or has traveled, as to distant places.

2. often traveller Chiefly British

a. A traveling salesperson.

b. A member of any of various groups of traditionally itinerant people living especially in Scotland and Ireland.

3. Nautical

a. A metal ring that moves freely back and forth on a rope, rod, or spar.

b. The rope, rod, or spar on which such a ring moves.

c. A carriage that slides on a transverse track near the stern of a sailboat, providing an adjustable point of attachment for the mainsheet block.

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trav•el•er

(ˈtræv ə lər, ˈtræv lər)

n.

1. a person or thing that travels.

2. a person who travels or has traveled in distant places or foreign lands.

3. traveling salesman.

4. a part of a mechanism constructed to move in a fixed course.

a. a metal ring or thimble fitted to move freely on a rope, spar, or rod.

b. the rope, spar, or rod itself.

6. Also called trav′eler cur`tain. a transverse curtain opened by being drawn from both sides of the proscenium.

7. (often cap.) Chiefly Brit. a member of any of a number of traditionally itinerant peoples of the British Isles.

Also, esp. Brit.,trav′el•ler.

[1325–75]

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Noun

traveler - a person who changes location

traveller

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

absentee - one that is absent or not in residence

air traveler, air traveller - someone who travels by airplane

arriver, comer, arrival - someone who arrives (or has arrived)

astronaut, cosmonaut, spaceman - a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"

business traveler - a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for

bearer, carrier, toter - someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller - a traveler who accompanies you

entrant - someone who enters; "new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures"

flier, flyer - someone who travels by air

follower - someone who travels behind or pursues another

alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander - a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

hosteller - a traveler who lodges in hostels; "a youth hosteller"

courier, messenger - a person who carries a message

migrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another

motorcyclist - a traveler who rides a motorcycle

mover - someone who moves

musher - a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team

passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot

raftman, raftsman, rafter - someone who travels by raft

rider - a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

rider - a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

runner - someone who travels on foot by running

scourer - someone who travels widely and energetically; "he was a scourer of the seven seas"

bather, natator, swimmer - a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer"

holidaymaker, tourer, tourist - someone who travels for pleasure

transient - one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"

trekker - a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country)

visitant, visitor - someone who visits

voyager - a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)

bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

journeyer, wayfarer - a traveler going on a trip

Translations

مُسَافِر

cestovatel

rejsende

matkailija

putnik

旅行者

여행자

resenär

ผู้เดินทาง

yolcu

khách du lịch

旅行者

traveler

→ مُسَافِر cestovatel rejsende Reisender ταξιδιώτης viajero matkailija voyageur putnik viaggiatore 旅行者 여행자 reiziger reisende podróżny viajante путешественник resenär ผู้เดินทาง yolcu khách du lịch 旅行者

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It was plain that he was lying and only wanted to get more money from the traveler.

"It is good for me, bad for another traveler, and for himself it's unavoidable, because he needs money for food; the man said an officer had once given him a thrashing for letting a private traveler have the courier horses.

"I make bold to ask your excellency to move a little for this gentleman," said the postmaster, entering the room followed by another traveler, also detained for lack of horses.

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The four travelers passed through the rest of the forest in safety, and when they came out from its gloom saw before them a steep hill, covered from top to bottom with great pieces of rock.

"But you shall not!" replied the voice, and there stepped from behind the rock the strangest man the travelers had ever seen.

"It shall be done," said the King, and at once the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms and flew away with them.

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It was upon this kind of raft that the travelers were to take their place.

The travelers could therefore quit their prison at pleasure, as soon as they should reach the moon.

Now twenty-eight pounds of chlorate of potassium produces seven pounds of oxygen, or 2,400 litres-- the quantity necessary for the travelers during twenty-four hours.

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A self-acting apparatus supplied the three travelers with air to breathe.

With such alternatives, what would be the fate of the travelers? Certainly they had food for some time.

One single hypothesis of the observers of Long's Peak could ever be realized, that which foresaw the case of the travelers (if still alive) uniting their efforts with the lunar attraction to attain the surface of the disc.