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TRAVELER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who changes location
Synonyms:
traveler; traveller
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("traveler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traveler"):
journeyer; wayfarer (a traveler going on a trip)
bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer (someone who leads a wandering unsettled life)
voyager (a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea))
visitant; visitor (someone who visits)
trekker (a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country))
transient (one who stays for only a short time)
holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)
bather; natator; swimmer (a person who travels through the water by swimming)
scourer (someone who travels widely and energetically)
runner (someone who travels on foot by running)
rider (a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle))
rider (a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel))
rafter; raftman; raftsman (someone who travels by raft)
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)
musher (a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team)
absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)
air traveler; air traveller (someone who travels by airplane)
arrival; arriver; comer (someone who arrives (or has arrived))
astronaut; cosmonaut; spaceman (a person trained to travel in a spacecraft)
business traveler (a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for)
bearer; carrier; toter (someone whose employment involves carrying something)
companion; fellow traveler; fellow traveller (a traveler who accompanies you)
entrant (someone who enters)
flier; flyer (someone who travels by air)
follower (someone who travels behind or pursues another)
alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)
hosteller (a traveler who lodges in hostels)
courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)
migrant; migrator (traveler who moves from one region or country to another)
motorcyclist (a traveler who rides a motorcycle)
mover (someone who moves)
Instance hyponyms:
Marco Polo; Polo (Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324))
Derivation:
travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
travel (undergo transportation as in a vehicle)
travel (make a trip for pleasure)
travel (undertake a journey or trip)
travel (travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge)
Context examples:
Given how much of the matter out of which we (are) formed may have come from other galaxies, we could consider ourselves space travelers or extragalactic immigrants, says lead researcher Daniel Anglés-Alcázar.
(Half Our Body's Atoms Could Have Come from Outside The Galaxy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The four travelers walked with ease through the trees until they came to the farther edge of the wood.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
There had been recent examples of travelers arriving from the unknown with certain tales which had been too readily accepted.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It happens not unfrequently that I am sent for at strange hours by foreigners who get into difficulties, or by travelers who arrive late and wish my services.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, like all happiness, it did not last long, for as sure as she had just reached the heart of the story, the sweetest verse of a song, or the most perilous adventure of her traveler, a shrill voice called, Josy-phine!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"But you shall not!" replied the voice, and there stepped from behind the rock the strangest man the travelers had ever seen.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A dense crowd of cheering men were round the four travelers.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What was the past of this Trevor, pugilist, traveler, and gold-digger, and how had he placed himself in the power of this acid-faced seaman?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That evening while Meg was writing to her father to report the traveler's safe arrival, Jo slipped upstairs into Beth's room, and finding her mother in her usual place, stood a minute twisting her fingers in her hair, with a worried gesture and an undecided look.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"It shall be done," said the King, and at once the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms and flew away with them.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
