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Webster 1913 Edition


Traveler

Trav′el-er

,
Noun.
[Written also
traveler
.]
1.
One who travels; one who has traveled much.
2.
A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
3.
(Mach.)
A traveling crane. See under
Crane
.
4.
(Spinning)
The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
5.
(Naut.)
An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.
Traveler’s joy
(Bot.)
,
the
Clematis vitalba
, a climbing plant with white flowers.
–
Traveler's tree
.
(Bot.)

Webster 1828 Edition


Traveler

TRAV'ELER

,
Noun.
1.
One who travels in any way. Job:31.
2.
One who visits foreign countries.
3.
In ships, an iron thimble or thimbles with a rope spliced round them, forming a kind of tail or a species of grommet.