traveler Meaning, Definition & Usage

Trav"el*er noun

Etymology

Written also traveler.

Definitions

1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.
2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane.
4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.