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traveler

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traveller (US), traveler
1. a part of a mechanism that moves in a fixed course
2. Nautical
a. a thimble fitted to slide freely on a rope, spar, or rod
b. the fixed rod on which such a thimble slides
traveler, traveler curtain
On the stage of a theater, a curtain that closes the proscenium when drawn.
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It is good for me, bad for another traveler, and for himself it's unavoidable, because he needs money for food; the man said an officer had once given him a thrashing for letting a private traveler have the courier horses.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The evening before, Countess Lidia Ivanovna had sent him a pamphlet by a celebrated traveler in China, who was staying in Petersburg, and with it she enclosed a note begging him to see the traveler himself, as he was an extremely interesting person from various points of view, and likely to be useful.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Cropole had, at the time, but one single traveler in his house.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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