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/trˈævələr/ /trˈævlər/ Listen

noun

Traveler n.

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.

(Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane.

(Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.

(Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.

Traveler's joy (Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers.

Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala.

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Etymology of 'Traveler'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Traveler" Quotes from Famous Books

... traveler Victoria's brother. He saw his mistake as he passed out, but did not deem it necessary ...

— Five Thousand Dollars Reward • Frank Pinkerton

... is especially exploited by Mr. Downham, as a French traveler of high standing, and well known in the zoological museums of France; but, sad to say, when Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn cabled to the Museum of Natural History in Paris, inquiring about Mr. Laglaize, the cable flashed back the one ...

— Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday

... goodness of God. Loneliness often begets meditation, and God loves to be the companion of the companionless. Then, too, there is all this nature with which you are surrounded. These flowers and trees and birds all speak of the goodness of God. I was remarking to my fellow traveler of how these beautiful scenes remind us of God's goodness. Pardon a frank question, but may I ask, ...

— The Deacon of Dobbinsville - A Story Based on Actual Happenings • John A. Morrison

... A traveler from the unknown south-land who had dared to cross the turbulent sea and the forbidding mountain passes had found his way to the wild people ...

— Ancient Man - The Beginning of Civilizations • Hendrik Willem Van Loon

... characteristically German, representing the song of the young student as he sets out upon his student career as traveler, for seeing strange lands; or the emigrant who leaves his land to find a better home, but never one so well loved as his own native country. It is full of heart and courage until the middle part, where the intermezzo in the key of E major tells of softer ...

— The Masters and their Music - A series of illustrative programs with biographical, - esthetical, and critical annotations • W. S. B. Mathews

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