Definitions
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- noun One who
travels , especially todistant lands. - noun UK A modern-day
gypsy ,tinker ,caravan dweller, etc. - noun Ireland A member of the nomadic ethnic minority.
- noun A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- noun nautical A metal
ring that moves freely on part of a ship’srigging .
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- noun a person who changes location
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now the traveller is at fault for going anywhere near New Jersey airspace?
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Now the traveller is at fault for going anywhere near New Jersey airspace?
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A traveller is flying from Atlanta GA to Bangor ME, and for some reason the pilot declares an emergency and needs to divert to Newark.
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The European traveller from the States, who is not a Croesus, speedily finds himself reduced to a chronic state of self-conscious sordidness by the hordes of cringing robbers who clutter his steps from dawn till dark, and deplete his pocket-book in a way that puts compound interest to the blush.
THE DESCENT 2010
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After a foul-mouthed altercation over the route and the fare, our gallant English traveller is deposited on the side of an expressway.
Ten of the best taxis in literature John Mullan 2010
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A traveller is flying from Atlanta GA to Bangor ME, and for some reason the pilot declares an emergency and needs to divert to Newark.
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Luckily their fellow traveller is not new to this, and a brilliant shot with guns with silver bullets it seems that his tanned face may once have worn a mask ...
Archive 2007-10-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Luckily their fellow traveller is not new to this, and a brilliant shot with guns with silver bullets .... it seems that his tanned face may once have worn a mask ...
Archive 2007-10-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Luckily their fellow traveller is not new to this, and a brilliant shot with guns with silver bullets .... it seems that his tanned face may once have worn a mask ...
Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - Astounding Hero Tales Blue Tyson 2007
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Afterwards, a traveller from the future remarks that she's heard of the Beatles, having visited their memorial in Liverpool, but that she didn't realize that the Beatles also performed "classical music."
Boing Boing 2007
treeseed commented on the word traveller
Traveller was used by General Robert E. Lee thoughout most of the Civil War.
Traveller (birth name "Jeff Davis") was born near the Blue Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia), raised by Andrew Johnston. An American Saddlebred, he was of the Gray Eagle stock, and, as a colt, took the first prize at the Lewisburg, Virginia, fairs in 1859 and 1860. As an adult gelding, he was a sturdy horse, 16 hands high and 1,100 pounds (500 kg), iron gray in color with black points, a long mane and flowing tail.
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February 1, 2008