traveller

UK /ˈtɹævələ/ US /ˈtɹævəlɚ/
noun 7

Definitions

noun

1

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

This Book will make a Travailer of thee, / If by its Counſel thou wilt ruled be; / It will direct thee to the Holy Land, / If thou wilt its Directions understand: / Yea, it will make the ſloathful, active be; / The Blind alſo, delightful things to ſee.

2

A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.

3

Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.

4

Alternative letter-case form of Traveller.

It provoked criticism for its portrayal of a woman who leaves her marriage for life with a solitary traveler. Irish women did not do those sorts of things, the audiences felt (although the plot came from a story told to Synge on Inis Meain).

Kevin chases after him through a forest and finds the horse with Joseph Maguire (Ian Holm), a poetry-reciting traveler (Irish gypsy).

5

A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.

noun

1

Ellipsis of Irish Traveller, a member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland.

The auctioneer said he had no animus against Travellers but that some headstones verged on “monstrous”.

2

A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway.

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