traveler

Synonyms

Trav"el*er, n. Etym: [Written also traveler.] 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.) Defn: A traveling crane. See under Crane. 4. (Spinning) Defn: The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner. 5. (Naut.) Defn: An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. Traveler's joy (Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. -- Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala.