traveler
NounUS[trav-uh-ler]/ˈtrævəlɚ/2–3 syllablesalso [trav-ler] /ˈtrævlɚ/
Synonyms:
traveller
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trav′el·er noun
Origin: 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. Machinery A traveling crane. See under Crane.
4. Spinning The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
5. Nautical An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.
Traveler's joy Botany, the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. — Traveler's tree. Botany See Ravenala.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54