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traveller - 3 dictionary results

trav⋅el⋅ler

[trav-uh-ler, trav-ler]
–noun Chiefly British.
traveler.

trav⋅el⋅er

[trav-uh-ler, trav-ler]
–noun
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. part of a mechanism constructed to move in a fixed course.
5. Textiles. (in ring spinning) a small metal device that moves rapidly around the ring and guides the yarn onto the revolving bobbin.
6. Nautical.
a. a metal ring or thimble fitted to move freely on a rope, spar, or rod.
b. Also called horse. the rope, spar, or rod itself.
7. Also, traveler curtain. Theater. a transverse curtain opened by being drawn from both sides of the proscenium.
8. (often initial capital letter) Chiefly British. a member of any of a number of traditionally itinerant peoples of the British Isles and other English-speaking areas, including, in addition to people of Gypsy origin, autochthonous groups such as the speakers of Shelta.
Also, especially British, traveller.


Origin:
1325–75; ME travaillour. See travel, -er 1
trav·el·er or trav·el·ler   (trāv'əl-ər, trāv'lər)   
n.  
  1. One who travels or has traveled, as to distant places.
  2. often traveller Chiefly British
    1. A traveling salesperson.
    2. A member of any of various groups of traditionally itinerate people living especially in Scotland and Ireland.
    3. A metal ring that moves freely back and forth on a rope, rod, or spar.
    4. The rope, rod, or spar on which such a ring moves.
  3. Nautical
    1. A metal ring that moves freely back and forth on a rope, rod, or spar.
    2. The rope, rod, or spar on which such a ring moves.
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