traveller

== English == === Alternative forms === traveler (US) === Etymology === From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel +‎ -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹævələ/, /ˈtɹævlə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹævəlɚ/, /ˈtɹævl̩ɚ/ === Noun === traveller (plural travellers) One who travels, especially to distant lands. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:traveller. (dated) A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company. (British) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode. (Ireland) Alternative letter-case form of Traveller. A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process. (electrical engineering) One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches. (nautical) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging. (television, theater) A rail or track for a sliding curtain. (bridge) A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores. (US, Mississippi Delta) A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === backpacker Irish Traveller tourist voyager