English

Alternative forms

• Irish Traveller

Noun

Traveller ‎(plural Travellers)

1. (Ireland) A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland.

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English

Alternative forms

• traveler (US)

Noun

traveller ‎(plural travellers)

1. One who travels, especially to distant lands.
   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

2. (Britain) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Ireland) A member of the Irish nomadic ethnic minority.
4. A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
5. (nautical) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.

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See also

• backpacker
• Irish Traveller
• tourist
• voyager