globetrotter
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of globetrotter
Explanation
A globetrotter is a world traveler. Your uncle the globetrotter might be famous in your family for giving lengthy slideshows of photos from his travels. You're not a globetrotter if you never leave your neighborhood, and you're not a globetrotter if you visited Paris once, years ago. Globetrotter is an informal word for someone who travels a lot, and to many varied places around the world. The earliest use of globetrotter, from the 1870s, sometimes specified a person who tries to set or beat a record for the most ground covered or countries visited.
Vocabulary lists containing globetrotter
Greetings, World Traveler! — List 1
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cosm (universe), globe (sphere), verse (turn)
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Example Sentences
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There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young, also first-timers, were tapped for “Hardwood,” about Davis’ relationship with his Harlem Globetrotter father.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
If that surprised you, perhaps Harlem Globetrotter victories do, too.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023
Yet they rarely do, regularly landing consecutive three-pointers and even the occasional four-pointer - a Globetrotter innovation that rewards accuracy from even further back.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023
But on this particular day, Par wasn't thinking about getting a copy of Globetrotter or asking Force to scan a network for him.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
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