traveller
Britishnoun
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a person who travels, esp habitually
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(sometimes capital) a member of the travelling people
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a part of a mechanism that moves in a fixed course
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nautical
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a thimble fitted to slide freely on a rope, spar, or rod
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the fixed rod on which such a thimble slides
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a swagman
Example Sentences
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According to council meeting papers, 35 traveller pitches were needed across the Uttlesford district as of December.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
A council has ordered construction work to cease on an alleged unauthorised traveller site.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
A further traveller, Niall Quiggin from Onchan, shared his passport issues in China.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Pyongyang-bound business traveller Zhao Bin showed reporters his air ticket, and expressed optimism that tourism would resume for Chinese visitors.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Yet a chance traveller might pass by; and I wish no eye to see me now: strangers would wonder what I am doing, lingering here at the sign-post, evidently objectless and lost.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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