Definition

Noun: 1. A person who is traveling or who travels often: This is the most common meaning, referring to someone who is on a journey or who makes journeys frequently, especially over long distances or to different places. 2. A traveling salesperson: (Chiefly British, also commercial traveller) A person who travels to different places to sell goods or solicit orders for a company. 3. A part of a mechanism that moves along a fixed path: (Technical) A component, such as a moving pulley or a part of a sewing machine, that slides or travels along a guide or rail.

Usage Examples

• As a person on a journey:
  • The airport was full of weary travellers waiting for their flights.
  • She is an experienced traveller who has visited over fifty countries.
• As a traveling salesperson:
  • My grandfather worked as a traveller for a textile firm in the 1960s.
• In a technical context:
  • Adjust the tension on the traveller to improve the stitching.

Advanced Usage

• "To tip (someone) the traveller": (British, archaic slang) To deceive or lie to someone.
  • He's just tipping you the traveller; don't believe his stories.
• "Traveller's tale": A story that is exaggerated or unlikely to be true; a tall tale.
  • His account of seeing a ghost in the old hotel sounded like a traveller's tale.

Variants and Related Words

• Travel (verb/noun): The act or activity of travelling.
• Traveling/Travelling (adjective): Engaged in or involving travel. (Note: "Travelling" is the preferred spelling in British English, "traveling" in American English).
• Travelogue (noun): A film, book, or illustrated lecture about a person's travels.

Synonyms

• Voyager: A person who goes on a long journey, especially by sea or in space.
• Journeyer: (Formal/Literary) A person who journeys.
• Globetrotter: A person who travels widely and frequently.
• Nomad: A member of a people with no fixed home, or a person who moves from place to place.

Related Phrases

• Fellow traveller:
  • A person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a political party (especially a communist one) but is not a member.
  • A person who is travelling with another or on the same route.
• Traveller's cheque/check: (Now largely obsolete) A cheque for a fixed amount that could be exchanged for cash in foreign countries.

Related Idioms

• "Travellers tell fine tales": (Proverb) Similar to "traveller's tale"; suggests that people who have travelled far may tell exaggerated or fanciful stories about their experiences.

Noun

1. a person who changes location