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Webster 1913 Edition
Tramper
Tramp′er
,Noun.
One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.
Dickens.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tramper
TRAMP'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
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See also: Tramper
English
The Sabrina I, a tramper.
Noun
tramper (plural trampers)
- One who tramps.
- (chiefly New Zealand) A recreational hiker.
- 2007, Linda Barnard, "Train trek carries travellers over New Zealand's alpine backbone," Toronto Star, 29 Dec., p. T9:
- It's a popular spot for hikers, or trampers as they call them here.
- 2007, Linda Barnard, "Train trek carries travellers over New Zealand's alpine backbone," Toronto Star, 29 Dec., p. T9:
- (manufacturing) A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors.
- 1995, W.S. Anthony, D.W. Van Doorn, and Douglas Herber, “Packaging Lint Cotton”, in Cotton Ginner's Handbook, ISBN 078812420X, page 123:
- The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.
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- (nautical) A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.
- 2005, Robert C. Keither, Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History, ISBN 0801879809, page 194:
- A Greek ship wants 30 pounds of feta cheese, a British tramper requests five cases of steak and kidney pies, a Japanese auto carrier orders 75 pints of boiled octopus, […]
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Synonyms
- (one who tramps): walker, stomper
- (one who hikes): hiker
- (freighter not following a fixed route): tramp, tramp steamer, tramp freighter
Translations
recreational walker — see hiker
Middle French
Verb
tramper
- Alternative form of tremper
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tramper
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tramper | avoir trampé | |||||
| gerund | en trampant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trampant | ||||||
| past participle | trampé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trampe | trampes | trampe | trampons | trampez | trampent |
| imperfect | trampois, trampoys | trampois, trampoys | trampoit, trampoyt | trampions, trampyons | trampiez, trampyez | trampoient, trampoyent | |
| past historic | trampa | trampas | trampa | trampasmes | trampastes | tramperent | |
| future | tramperai, tramperay | tramperas | trampera | tramperons | tramperez | tramperont | |
| conditional | tramperois, tramperoys | tramperois, tramperoys | tramperoit, tramperoyt | tramperions, tramperyons | tramperiez, tramperyez | tramperoient, tramperoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trampe | trampes | trampe | trampons | trampez | trampent |
| imperfect | trampasse | trampasses | trampast | trampassions | trampassiez | trampassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trampe | — | trampons | trampez | — | ||