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travellertravelern. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: travel v., -er suffix1. Etymology: < travel v. + -er suffix1. Compare travailer n.With the α. forms compare -our suffix 1 and -or suffix; with the γ. forms compare -ar suffix3. 1. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 7 Among oþere noble trauaillours of þe þre pathes. 1426 in (2007) 1426/14 It is ordanit that na burgess..resave or admyt ony sic travalouris or strangeris, bot alanerly common hostelaris. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 82 Fyre, drink, nor meit, Nor nane vther eismentis for trauellouris behufe. 1631 T. Powell (title page) An old Travailer in the sea of Experience. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer IV. xvi. 316 As Wasps, provok'd by Children in their Play,..In Swarms the guiltless Traveller engage. 1807 W. Wordsworth I. 15 A Traveller betwixt life and death. 1843 E. Miall in 3 429 The traveler, however, had a Scotch tongue in his head. 1962 C. M. Turnbull xiv. 250 We paid the small fee which entitled us..to have the services of the guides who compulsorily attend every traveler through the park. 2016 3 Feb. 2/3 The new, so-called ‘m-tickets’ will save travellers an average of 20 minutes per journey which would have been spent queuing at the ticket office or at a machine. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > in foreign lands 1556 R. Robinson tr. T. More (ed. 2) sig. Siiiiv The very famous and renowmed trauailer Vlysses. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 26 Trauellers nere did lye, Though fooles at home condemne 'em. View more context for this quotation 1667 T. Sprat 411 Cæsar..had Conquer'd more Countries than most Travailers have seen. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu 10 Mar. (1965) I. 385 We Travellers are in very hard circumstances... If we tell any thing new, we are laugh'd at as fabulous. 1885 XIX. 404/1 Marco Polo (c 1254–1324) the Venetian, the most famous perhaps of all travellers. 1964 39 46 The Caribs were very great travelers, and their words became culture words, words found in all the Indian languages on the Caribbean Sea. 2019 (Nexis) 3 Aug. (Lifestyle section) 20 My sister Jillian is a keen traveller and she bought this scarf back from Damascus for me. 2. society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp 1598 H. Roberts sig. B2v He would not before my face..haue conioyned himselfe in marriage with a runnagate Damsell, a begger, a common traueller, and therefore no better then a common courtezan. 1624 (new ed.) sig. B To Trauellers and Tinkers, to sweaters and swinkers And all good-Ale drinkers, that will nothing spare, But drinke till they stare, and bring themselues bare. 1851 H. Mayhew I. 243/2 There are many individuals in lodging-houses who are not regular patterers or professional vagrants, being rather, as they term themselves, ‘travellers’ (or tramps). 1868 M. Clarke in 5 Sept. 305/3 I remember at one station, situated on the main road for ‘travellers’, that the unhappy cook was ‘put on the fire’ by a crowd of these gentry. 1906 July 17 In some parts of the Midlands the tramp is generally known as the traveller. 1965 R. H. Conquest 45 Queensland during the depression years attracted the maximum number of travellers during the winter months. b. 1701 in A. W. C. Hallen (1887) 18 John Bannerman lawful son to John Bannerman and Agnes Smeeton travelers. 1882 15 July 187/1 The chapter relating to the tinkers and their language is very curious and interesting. It has usually been supposed that these ‘travellers’ used the common jargon of the roads. 1904 A. Griffiths xxiii. 347 These ‘travellers’ or ‘foreigners’ as they were styled locally, were responsible for a great part of the serious crime of the neighbourhood. 2014 (Nexis) 7 June (News section) 14 Many councils are reluctant to set aside specific plots on which Gypsies and Travellers can settle. 1986 2 Aug. 12/1 (heading) In the last two years the State has gone to great lengths to prevent hippy Travellers from celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge. 1987 (Nexis) 27 June I had come to realise that if you peeled away the mystical connotations beloved of the travellers the underlying picture was one of a teenage heaven. 2000 K. Hetherington i. 9 Others have continued to live as Travellers, travelling during the summer and often parking-up during the winter. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller 1790 J. Wedgwood Let. 13 July in (1965) 328 Such distinguished favours cannot but make a deep impression on my mind. Nor will they be forgotten by the travellers. 1851 H. Mayhew I. 381/2 Some tallymen who keep shops have ‘travellers’ in their employ, some of whom have salaries, while others receive a percentage upon all payments. 1894 22 Jan. 13/4 Carpet travellers are now all out on their journeys, but are not sending in as many orders as could be wished. 2003 G. Burn (2004) i. 17 His first appointment of the day he knew was with a former player for United who now worked as a traveller for the brewery and was coming in to discuss income from the club's pool tables. society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of > preached in different places on different occasions 1821 III. 346 Of these [preachers] there are only thirty-three travellers. 1883 Mar. 59 Like all ministers who undertake much public service, he repeated the same sermons in different places; but I do not think he was in the habit of using month by month and year by year what are sometimes called ‘travellers’. 1904 J. Wells xxii. 205 His sermon on this subject was one of his ‘travellers’. 1898 22 Oct. Ambler Brothers, circus travelers, in their unique act, hand to hand and head to head balancing. 1912 Sept. 673/1 Every traveler with the circus has his own trunk which is brought to an appointed place on the ‘lot’ at each stop, whether needed or no. 2006 (Nexis) 18 Mar. (Television section) DC Stuart Fraser is found lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed by a fairground traveller. 3. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > that travels well the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > swift horse the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that goes well 1607 G. Markham i. iv. 23 Thicknesse of winde, which is a great fault in the Stallion, especiallye if his maister expect to breede from him either running horse, hunting horse, or good traueller. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 26 Dalascian Asses..are good travellers [Fr. cheminent bien],..they will go thirty miles a day without any wearinesse. 1889 21 Aug. 2/1 He stands 16 hands high, and looks every inch a traveller. 2018 (Nexis) 15 May (Sport section) 80 It'll be exciting to see him run in the Derby as we've always thought he was going to be a middle-distance horse, rather than a Guineas horse. He's a big colt, a good traveller and he seems balanced. the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > migration > migratory bird 1874 J. W. Long i. 21 Frequently in spring continuous shooting may be had at ‘travellers’,..i.e., ducks making long flights, often migrating. 4. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > sliding 1761 9 The..rope was intended for a traveller to pull people ashore. 1828 A. Sherburne iii. 61 He and other officers contrived to haul the men ashore... He fixed a traveller on the rope, by which he first went ashore, so that he could not wash off. 1866 I. 2/2 Four pairs of balks.., where travellers are attached for holding the carcasses. 1907 May 1242/2 A traveller movable up and down on the tube, and legs, each of which is pivotally connected to the traveller and a spreader arm. 2002 No. 28. 50/2 The support beam, a 72m long steel box girder,..is supported on steel legs at the next two piers. On its top chord rests a traveller that can transverse [sic] the full length of the beam. b. Nautical. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > ring or thimble running freely society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] > show-people > showman 1762 W. Falconer ii. 22 Some, trav'llers up the weather-back-stays send. 1805 D. MacPherson IV. 298 Every clinker-built cutter, lugger, shalop, wherry, smack, or yawl, owned in whole, or in part, by British subjects, carrying a shifting bowsprit, having a shifting jib-stay, or a traveler on the bowsprit.., if found within the limits of any of the ports.., is made liable to forfeiture. 1848 W. Brady (ed. 3) 89 Before turning in and setting up for a full due, an iron traveler is put on the topmast backstay, which is seized to the fly-block. 2014 N. Compton iii. 76 Once the jib is attached, the traveller is pulled to the end of the bowsprit. 1875 22 May 118/3 The main sheet, or rather the main sheets, for there are two, are fastened in the usual position on the sail, but instead of working on a traveler they are fastened to cleats on each side of the gunnel aft. 2014 J. Rousmaniere (ed. 4) 79/1 The traveller usually is set so that the main boom is over the centerline. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of 1830 Jan. 27 This latter piece is called a traveller; it passes freely round the ring, being carried by the thread as it is spun. 1901 T. Thornley II. v.160 We might put on a lighter traveller if the spinning were worse than usual owing to the cotton being worse, or owing to some other cause. 2015 I. A. Elhawary in R. Sinclair ix. 204 It is this turning of the bobbin and the movement of the traveller that result in the yarn being twisted. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > for flying 1859 G. A. Sala ii. 21 You may see the wires or ‘travellers’, used by ‘flying fairies’. 1866 W. Davidge 151 Elevated some distance above the borders is what is called the ‘traveller’. This consist of a strong frame of wood fixed into a grooved receiver; by the aid of which fairies or demons are enabled to pass from side to side, while suspended by very stout wires. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun] > kind of 1864 H. J. Alfred i. vii. 50 I have practised this style of fishing with great success in parts of the Thames where it would have been extremely difficult to use a ‘traveller’, owing to the rough state of the bottom. 1867 F. Francis i. 36 In this kind of fishing, which is called ‘traveller’ fishing (the float being the traveller), a long swim is made if the bottom admits of it. the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > for measuring curved lines or arcs 1873 (U.S. Patent Office) 21 Jan. 627/1 My invention relates to the measuring-wheels or travelers employed by blacksmiths to measure the circumference of wheels. 1969 G. E. Evans xiv. 148 I cut the band to the exact circumference of the stone. I find this with a device I made... It's called a traveller... It's a metal wheel. I roll this round the stone and count the revolutions. 1976 10 July 9/1 ‘This here is called a traveler,’ he says..displaying a round, flat device used to measure the perimeter of a wagon wheel... ‘You won't find too many of them left.’ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held 1895 Spring & Summer 564/3 Canvas Traveler... Large square box made of the best basswood, covered with extra heavy duck... A most handsome ladies' trunk. 1965 Dec. 89/1 Cosmetic traveller lined with silk for girls who are on the go all day. 1983 1 Dec. 1677 (advt.) Travel-bag—this great, waterproof traveller holds three leakproof bottles. Phrasesthe mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > tell tales [verb (intransitive)] 1697 17 Does not this Author play the Traveller in the Fable, and blow Hot and Cold at once? 1739 T. Herring in J. Duncombe (1773) II. 133 I am a little afraid, if I should be particular in my description, you would think I am playing the traveller upon you; but indeed I will stick religiously to truth. 1742 H. Fielding I. ii. xvii. 305 You must not tip us the Traveller; it won't go here. 1762 T. Smollett I. vi. 131 Aha! do'st thou tip me the traveller, my boy? 1785 F. Grose at Traveller To tip [printed top] the traveller, to tell wonderful stories, to romance. 1819 J. H. Rice Let. 14 Aug. in W. Maxwell (1835) 169 They suffer themselves to be greatly imposed upon by garrulous travellers, who go home and play the traveller, as the French say, most egregiously. Compounds1829 Aug. 604 The history which our traveller-poet gives us of it is as follows. 1851 J. P. Kennedy (rev. ed.) ix. 80 A series of sketches, which will..show you that I have not been idle in my traveller-vocation during my first fortnight. 1864 Mar. 248 Traveller-hunting and booty grabbing..were so frequent and carried to such an extent, that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction was at length called in to repress what the civil magistrates were unable to control. 1882 J. W. Martin iv. 73 As a general rule I prefer to fish with a traveller float, so as to let the bait be always moving about over the swim. 1907 T. C. Middleton 6 Cosmas Indicopleustes—the traveler-monk of Egypt. 2018 (Nexis) 3 Oct. 4 There is still the ongoing work taking place at the Town Hall in regards to seeking a High Court injunction against illegal traveller encampments. C2. With the first element in the genitive or plural form. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > traveller's cheque 1891 (Library of Congress Copyright Registration No. 24775) American Express Company, travelers cheque. Ten dollars. 1907 M. Rollins 218 Express companies have made a speciality of issuing ‘travellers' cheques’. 1981 ‘E. Lathen’ iii. 29 I assume these foreign traveler's checks work like American Express? 2007 Jan. 122/3 They will expect you to join in the..antics before pulling a knife on you and pocketing your travellers cheques—thank the lord for Amex 24 hour replacement service. 1890 18 111 (advt.) Offensive diarrhœa of bottle-fed babies.., travelers' diarrhœa, old-folks' diarrhœa. 1968 17 Apr. 6 Dr. Schroeder suggests that Escherichia coli should now be considered as a possible cause of unexplained diseases such as travellers' diarrhoea. 2013 @McAlindenCallum 18 July in twitter.com (accessed 11 Oct. 2019) Got back from Morocco just in time to avoid traveller's diarrhoea. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy 1597 J. Gerard ii. cccii. 739 The first is called commonly Viorna quasi vias ornans, of decking and adorning waies and hedges, where people trauell, and thereupon I haue named it the Traueilers Ioie. 1678 E. Phillips (new ed.) Travailours-joy, a sort of Herb called in Latin Clematis. 1886 Jan. 4/1 Each seed vessel is terminated by a sort of tail..which, in some species is plumed with long, whitish hairs, as seen in the engraving of the Travelers' Joy (Clematis Vitalba), of England. Our native Travelers' Joy (C[lematis] Virginiana), excels this both in the size of its clusters of flowers and fruit. 2016 (Scotl. ed.) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 33 The creamy-green flowers of traveller's joy have been sprawling over hedges, and climbing tall trees..for the past two months. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding refreshing or nourishing drink > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms 1850 F. Egerton Jrnl. 4 Dec. in (1852) I. ii. 50 The travellers' palm, which when cut into with a penknife pours out a small quantity of pure water, or of what closely resembles pure water, grows here. 1934 10 Apr. 6/6 Travellers' palms..look picturesque, but the cups at the base of the leaves gather moisture, which in turn attracts mosquitoes, so it is unwise to have one near the house. 2007 H. Bradt (ed. 9) iii. 44 The travellers' palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) is one of Madagascar's most spectacular plants. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding refreshing or nourishing drink > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms 1809 tr. F. Péron v. 51 The ravinal, or the traveller's tree, so named from the singular property which it has of producing a large quantity of very good soft water. 1920 F. Hamilton vii. 206 A certain dull M.P., on his travels, had come down to Barrackpore for Sunday, and inquired eagerly whether there were any Travellers' Trees either in the park or the gardens there. 2013 T. MacCubbin & G. B. Tasker 205/1 The traveler's tree is most glorious when it is young, as that is when its remarkable head of leaves is closer to eye level. 1747 W. Stith iii. 126 Captain Matthew Somers..had made advantageous Relations of Bermudas. But these were little credited at first, and looked upon, as mere Traveller's Tales. 1913 M. Baring xvii. 177 The doctor..scoffed at the idea of the sea serpent, which, he said, was a travellers' tale. 2004 (Nexis) 21 Nov. 41 He also tells exotic traveller's tales about remote..shops where dishevelled owners have preserved human hands for sale in glass jars. Derivatives 1825 Apr. 189 I perceived, upon comparison with the exquisitely neat, well-built, and dapper gigs which passed me, my own appeared quite gauky and traveller-like. 1847 W. Cory (1897) 47 I felt more lively and traveller-like than I had before. 2015 30 64 He thought that a traveller-like detachment from a place was essential to see the truth in its historical facts, both as a poet and as an Irishman. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > female 1820 J. Keble Let. 11 Sept. in J. T. Coleridge (1869) 99 A little sickliness now and then..on the part of some of my fellow-travelleresses. 1886 21 Aug. 253/1 A much more common figure is the merely wrong-headed and cantankerous traveller—and particularly travelleress. 2014 @experimentdays 9 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Apr. 2019) The discerning traveleress packs her own tea bags. It's almost become a ritual between my photographer and myself when we take road trips. 1824 J. D. Cochrane viii. 264 Two months passed in this manner before the expedition departed, when I was left to the free enjoyment of a passion which was crowned with the reward of marriage;—so much then for my travellership. 1920 J. Joyce 20 Aug. (1966) III. 17 Giorgio has been offered a position here in an American Trust Agency which would develop into a secretaryship and travellership for same. 1992 213 A few years ago, regulatory scrooges nearly forced retailers at Frankfurt airport to ask for proof of bona fide travellership, but then backed down under pressure from shopkeepers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1387 |
