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traveller

Today it means: One who travels, especially to distant lands. Full definition →

Middle English traveler

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traveller · noun¹

Middle English · inherited fromtraveler
English todaytraveller

From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.

Traveller · noun²

From traveller.

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