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Traveller en · NOUN

Etymology

From traveller.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Irish Traveller, a member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland.
   alt of Irish Traveller
   • The auctioneer said he had no animus against Travellers but that some headstones verged on “monstrous”. 2024 March 3, Rory Carroll, “‘A clash of cultures’: Irish opinion split over Travellers’ elaborate headstones”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. (qualifier:Norway) A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway, formerly consisting of two clans: those of Romani descent ("the Greater Travellers", who spoke Romani Traveller Norwegian) and those of Norwegian descent (who spoke a cant called Rodi).

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