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单词 globetrotter
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globetrottern.

Brit. /ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtə/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊbˌtrɑdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: globe n., trotter n.
Etymology: < globe n. + trotter n. (compare trotter n. 2). Compare slightly later globetrotting n. and later globe-trot v.
A person who travels extensively around the world, originally typically in a hurried manner, esp. for the purpose of sightseeing.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely
far traveller1624
far-goer1841
far-farer1861
globetrotter1873
trekker1932
1873 Daily News 22 Jan. 5/7 The Europeans there are only those belonging to the Legations and the missionary institutions, except an occasional ‘globe-trotter’ like myself.
1875 E. K. Laird (title) Rambles of a globe-trotter in Australia, Japan, China, Java, India and Cashmere.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 1 It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter.
1924 E. P. Mitchell Memoirs of Editor ix. 279 He came to see me..a veteran cosmopolite and globe-trotter whom he knew to have travelled twice to Europe.
1976 R. B. Roosevelt & J. Lofas Living in Step ii. 40 Mr. Smith had never traveled outside the United States. Mrs. Smith was an inveterate globe trotter.
2000 National Geographic Adventure Mar.–Apr. 125/2 A fearless globetrotter who seems to have made a parlor game of getting himself in trouble..and then charming his way out of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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