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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

These beds change their occupants, perhaps, every night; for a tramper seldom sleeps two consecutive nights in the same place.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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

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

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