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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Traveler \Trav"el*er\, n. [Written also traveler.]
1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.
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2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of
receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
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3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under {Crane}.
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4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring
surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
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5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like,
and sliding thereon.
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{Traveler's joy} (Bot.), the {Clematis vitalba}, a climbing
plant with white flowers.
{Traveler's tree}. (Bot.) See {Ravenala}.
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