Traveler

Traveler
Traveler Trav"el*er, n. [Written also traveler.] 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much. [1913 Webster]

2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under {Crane}. [1913 Webster]

4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner. [1913 Webster]

5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. [1913 Webster]

{Traveler's joy} (Bot.), the {Clematis vitalba}, a climbing plant with white flowers.

{Traveler's tree}. (Bot.) See {Ravenala}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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