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tramper

British  
/ ˈtræmpə /

noun

  1. a person who tramps

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

They went on a mile or two and realized in so doing that, however poor a trapper the enemy might be, he was a good tramper and knew the country.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

And then to be mistaken for an infantry tramper!

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King

He is a quiet neighbour—no slammer or tramper.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir

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