tramper

British  

/ ˈtræmpə /

noun

1. a person who tramps

2. a person who walks long distances, often over rough terrain, for recreation

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Example Sentences

Mr. Booth, the driver from Dover, is a so-called tramper — he picks up and drops off construction materials across long distances.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021

It be enough," said he, "to raise the 'Old Adam' inside o' me to 'ave a tramper o' the roads a-snoring in my hay,—but I ain't a-going to be called names, into the bargain.

From The Money Moon A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

He seemed to have great respect for Whitney as a tramper, and talked much of the trip, evidently having forgotten his own shortcomings of the time.

From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Seton, Ernest Thompson

While we were discussing these thing around our fires at night, another tramper, thin and weak, came into camp.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

It was summarised by the Edinburgh Review at the time as 'a hotch-potch of the jockey, tramper, philologist, and missionary.'

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King