globetrotter

[ glohb-trot-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who travels regularly or frequently to countries all over the world.

Origin of globetrotter

1
First recorded in 1870–75; globe + trotter

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How to use globetrotter in a sentence

  • But the new ideas grew; every globetrotter became a Nationalist and an Imperialist, and shed his party skin.

    Lessons of the War | Spenser Wilkinson
  • But being what I am, there is no real zest in merely moving about aimlessly like any other globetrotter.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • One bore all the distinguishing marks of the army officer of high rank, but the other was unmistakably a globetrotter.

British Dictionary definitions for globetrotter

globetrotter

/ (ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtə) /


noun
  1. a habitual worldwide traveller, esp a tourist or businessman

Derived forms of globetrotter

  • globetrotting, noun, adjective

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