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traveller

/ˈtɹævəlɚ/ noun A2
  1. One who travels, especially to distant lands.
  2. A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company. (dated)
  3. A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
  4. One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
  5. A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
  6. A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
  7. A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
  8. A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place. (US)

Plural travellers

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And when we _do_ return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of anything.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 179 · B2
Let _our_ first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 179 · B2
With respect to Wickham, the travellers soon found that he was not held there in much estimation; for though the chief of his concerns with the son of his patron were imperfectly understood, it was yet a well-known fact that, on his quitting Derbyshire, he had left many debts behind him, which Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 297 · B2
In vain I searched among the groups of travellers and leave-takers for the lithe figure of my friend.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 114 · B2

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