Definitions for traveler

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traveler trav·el·er

Spelling: [trav-uh-ler, trav-ler]

IPA: /ˈtræv ə lər, ˈtræv lər/

Traveler is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in traveler (aeelrrtv).

Definitions for traveler

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 metal ring or thimble fitted to move freely on a rope, spar, or rod. 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.

Origin of traveler

First recorded in 1325-75, traveler is from the Middle English word travaillour. See travel, -er¹

Examples for traveler

And I may say, too, that they are most hospitable to the traveler, as our own experience with them exemplified.

What did it cost one traveler to get to America in the sixteenth century?

A traveler attempted to jump from their flight midair while another spat on fellow passengers in a fit of rage.

She has been a huge fan of the festival for years … and there has always been that traveler crossover with Glastonbury.

Every traveler deserves to be hosted like we were at La Maison du Parc, but the real delight is in the morning.

Some called him Tom Sawyer the traveler, and that just swelled him up fit to bust.

In other words, the Dubai traveler had transmitted the infection.

Pavee Point, an Irish traveler rights organization, said it had been infuriated by the police's actions.

Bayard Taylor, a distinguished American traveler, writer, and poet.

The traveler was certainly too hurried and preoccupied to think of doughnuts.