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traveller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹævəlɚ/ (US)
/ˈtɹævələ/ (UK)
/ˈtɹævl̩ɚ/ (US)
/ˈtɹævlə/ (UK)
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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.

Meanings

One who travels, especially to distant lands.
- This Book will make a Travailer of thee, / If by its Counſel thou wilt ruled be; / It will direct thee to the Holy Land, / If thou wilt its Directions understand: / Yea, it will make the ſloathful, active be; / The Blind alſo, delightful things to ſee. 1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:
- Surrounding the Taklamakan on three sides are some of the highest mountain ranges in the world, with the Gobi desert blocking the fourth. Thus even the approaches to it are dangerous. Many travellers have perished on the icy passes which lead down to it from Tibet, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Russia, either by freezing to death or by missing their foothold and hurtling into a ravine below. In one disaster, in the winter of 1839, an entire caravan of forty men was wiped out by an avalanche, and even now men and beasts are lost each year. No traveller has a good word to say for the Taklamakan. Sven Hedin, one of the few Europeans to have crossed it, called it ‘the worst and most dangerous desert in the world’. Stein, who came to know it even better, considered the deserts of Arabia 'tame' by comparison. Sir Percy Sykes, the geographer, and one-time British Consul-General at Kashgar, called it 'a Land of Death', while his sister Ella, herself a veteran desert traveller, described it as 'a very abomination of desolation'. Apart from the more obvious perils, such as losing one’s way and dying of thirst, the Taklamakan has special horrors to inflict on those who trespass there. In his book Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan, von Le Coq describes the nightmare of being caught in that terror of all caravans, the kara-buran, or black hurricane. 1980, Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 9–10:
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:
(dated) A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
(UK) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
(Ireland, alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Traveller.
alt of Traveller
- It provoked criticism for its portrayal of a woman who leaves her marriage for life with a solitary traveler. Irish women did not do those sorts of things, the audiences felt (although the plot came from a story told to Synge on Inis Meain). 2010, R. Todd Felton, A Journey Into Ireland's Literary Revival, →ISBN, page 213:
- ...settled Irish people of Southern Ireland treat the traveler boys with racist hostility (2001 180–81). 2012, Maria Pramaggiore, Irish and African American Cinema, →ISBN, page 152:
- Kevin chases after him through a forest and finds the horse with Joseph Maguire (Ian Holm), a poetry-reciting traveler (Irish gypsy). 2012, Mark Connelly, The IRA on Film and Television: A History, →ISBN, page 212:
A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
- That would detract from the austerity of Rudkin's study, and a curtain on a traveler is always slid across the stage […] 1977, New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volumes 38-39, page 134:
A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
- At the conclusion of play, the scores from all the travelers get entered into a computer. 2008, David Galt, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bridge, →ISBN, page 263:
(US, qualifier:Mississippi Delta) A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
- Nowhere else in the world had I seen such gigantic measures of liquor poured, such widespread enthusiasm for Bloodies and Mimosas on weekend mornings, or such firm insistence on giving sixteen-ounce Styrofoam cups loaded with iced liquor to guests leaving a party, so they might have a "traveler" for the drive home. At a bar in Yazoo City, the bartender asked me if I wanted to "go tall" with my bourbon on the rocks. I didn't know what he meant, but it sounded encouraging. "Sure," I said, "Let's go tall." He filled up a pint glass with ice. Then he filled it to the brim with bourbon. When I got up to leave with about half the drink gone, he poured the rest of it into a Styrofoam cup, assuming I would want a traveler. 2015, Richard Grant, Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta:
Part of the apparatus in various fiber spinning processes (for spinning fiber to thread or yarn); several types exist.
- ring traveller
- ring traveler

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
traveler		US, alternative	lexicographic
travellers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (179)

lt keliautojas (one who travels) · ba сәйәхәтсе (one who travels) · de Reisender (one who travels) · is ferðamaður (one who travels) · th ผู้เดินทาง (one who travels) · yue 旅行者 (one who travels) · uk мандрі́вниця (one who travels) · cmn 游客 (one who travels) · tr gezgin (one who travels) · de Reisende (one who travels) · vo jitävan (one who travels) · es viajero (one who travels) · ms perantau (one who travels) · prs مُسَافِر (one who travels) · sk cestovateľ (one who travels) · az səyyah (one who travels) · uk мандрі́вник (one who travels) · lo ນັກທ່ຽວ (one who travels) · alt јерчи (one who travels) · cmn 旅行家 (one who travels) · ru стра́нник (one who travels) · cs cestovatel (one who travels) · tl manlalakbay (one who travels) · ko 여행자 (one who travels) · fr voyageuse (one who travels) · el ταξιδιώτρια (one who travels) · km អ្នកដំណើរ (one who travels) · cmn 旅遊者 /旅游者 (one who travels) · pt viajante (one who travels) · sv upptäcksresande (one who travels) · te ప్రయాణికుడు (one who travels) · el ταξιδιώτισσα (one who travels) · hi यात्री (one who travels) · uz sayohatchi (one who travels) · sh pȗtnica (one who travels) · nrf viageux (one who travels) · vo hitävan (one who travels) · ja 旅行者 (one who travels) · ps يونی (one who travels) · oc viatjaire (one who travels) · es navegante (one who travels) · sq udhëtar (one who travels) · ru пу́тница (one who travels) · cmn 旅行者 (one who travels) · la peregrinus (one who travels) · sw msafiri (one who travels) · et rändaja (one who travels) · hu utazó (one who travels) · ur مُسافِر (one who travels) · fi matkalainen (one who travels) · fa-ira مُسافِر (one who travels) · da rejsende (one who travels) · kk жиһангез (one who travels) · he נוֹסֵעַ (one who travels) · bg пътеше́ственик (one who travels) · cs cestovatelka (one who travels) · ro drumeț (one who travels) · kmr gerok (one who travels) · mk па́тничка (one who travels) · hy ճամփորդ (one who travels) · kk сапаршы (one who travels) · az səyahətçi (one who travels) · ga taistealaí (one who travels) · ga imeachtaí (one who travels) · ko 여인 (one who travels) · ar مُسَافِر (one who travels) · is ferðalangur (one who travels) · ro călător (one who travels) · cu пѫтьникъ (one who travels) · it viandante (one who travels) · ca viatger (one who travels) · izh putešestvenikka (one who travels) · el ταξιδιώτης (one who travels) · sv resande (one who travels) · ro voiajor (one who travels) · fi matkaaja (one who travels) · kk саяхатшы (one who travels) · nn reisande (one who travels) · bo འགྲུལ་བཞུད་བྱེད་མཁན (one who travels) · ro călătoare (one who travels) · ota یولجی (one who travels) · be вандро́ўніца (one who travels) · yue 游客 (one who travels) · my ခရီးသည် (one who travels) · mn аялагч (one who travels) · ur یاتْری (one who travels) · lo ນັກເດີນທາງ (one who travels) · ps مسافر (one who travels) · gd taistealaiche (one who travels) · bg пътеше́ственица (one who travels) · ar سَائِح (one who travels) · grc ὁδοιπόρος (one who travels) · it viaggiatore (one who travels) · ps سياح (one who travels) · vi người đi du lịch (one who travels) · es viajera (one who travels) · sh пу̑тница (one who travels) · nl reizigster (one who travels) · ru путеше́ственница (one who travels) · yue 旅遊者 /旅游者 (one who travels) · fr voyageur (one who travels) · hy ճանապարհորդ (one who travels) · sl potnica (one who travels) · tr seyyah (one who travels) · sl potnik (one who travels) · it viaggiatrice (one who travels) · bg пъ́тница (one who travels) · hy ուղևոր (one who travels) · bo འགྲུལ་པ (one who travels) · tg мусофир (one who travels) · sq udhëtare (one who travels) · tt сәяхәтче (one who travels) · ga traibhléir (nautical: metal ring) · fi matkustaja (one who travels) · th นักเดินทาง (one who travels) · ca viatgera (one who travels) · ko 려인 (one who travels) · aii ܐܘܼܪܚܵܝܵܐ (one who travels) · eu bidaiari (one who travels) · kk жиһанкез (one who travels) · ki mũgendi (one who travels) · uz sayyoh (one who travels) · he נוֹסַעַת (one who travels) · be вандро́ўнік (one who travels) · vo tävan (one who travels) · sv resenär (one who travels) · mk па́тник (one who travels) · ky саякатчы (one who travels) · lt keliautoja (one who travels) · sh пу̑тнӣк (one who travels) · tg сайёҳ (one who travels) · bg пъ́тник (one who travels) · uk подоро́жниця (one who travels) · lv ceļotājs (one who travels) · bn রাহী (one who travels) · ka მოგზაური (one who travels) · ar مُسَافِرَة (one who travels) · gl viaxeiro (one who travels) · ru путеше́ственник (one who travels) · mn аянч (one who travels) · izh matkalain (one who travels) · sk cestovateľka (one who travels) · be падаро́жніца (one who travels) · ko 려행자 (one who travels) · lv ceļotāja (one who travels) · bn মুসাফির (one who travels) · pl podróżnik (one who travels) · ro drumeață (one who travels) · uk подоро́жник (one who travels) · ja 旅人 (one who travels) · nb reisende (one who travels) · la viatrix (one who travels) · ug ساياھەتچى (one who travels) · fa-ira سَیَّاح (one who travels) · nl reiziger (one who travels) · pl podróżniczka (one who travels) · ru пу́тник (one who travels) · tr yolcu (one who travels) · yue 旅行家 (one who travels) · sh pȗtnīk (one who travels) · hi गामी (one who travels) · prs سَیَّاح (one who travels) · hi मुसाफ़िर (one who travels) · kk жиһангер (one who travels) · alt јолчы (one who travels) · ur سَیَّاح (one who travels) · zdj msafiri (one who travels) · bg пътеше́ственичка (one who travels) · it girovago (one who travels) · be падаро́жнік (one who travels) · mn аянчин (one who travels) · la viātor (one who travels) · fi matkailija (one who travels) · ar سَيَّاح (one who travels) · tk syýahatçy (one who travels) · sw wasafiri (one who travels) · eo vojaĝanto (one who travels) · cy teithiwr (one who travels) · bg пъ́тничка (one who travels)

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