traveller

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trav⋅el⋅ler

[trav-uh-ler, trav-ler]

–noun Chiefly British.

[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.

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)

One who travels or has traveled, as to distant places.
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.
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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