Traveler

Traveler or traveller (see American and British English spelling differences) commonly refers to one who travels, especially to distant lands.

It may also refer to:

Sociology

• Drifter, a person who is continually travelling without a home or job
  • Rogue, Vagabond, Vagrant
• Itinerant, a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home
  • Nomad, a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer
• Perpetual traveler, a traveller/migrant who is not considered a legal resident of any country
  • Tourist, a person who is travelling or visiting a place for pleasure

People

• English Travellers (disambiguation)
• Scottish travellers, nomadic or itinerant people of Scottish origin
• New Age travellers, groups of people who often espouse New Age and/or hippie beliefs, and usually travel between music festivals and fairs
  • Rainbow Travellers
• Indigenous Norwegian Travellers, itinerant ethnic minority group in Norway
• Irish Travellers or Pavees, traditionally nomadic people of Irish origin living predominantly in Ireland and Great Britain
• Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, a traditionally nomadic people in Scandinavia, sometimes related to the Romani people.
• Romani people, ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to medieval India

Places

• Traveler Mountain, a mountain in Maine; the highest peak is called "The Traveler"

The arts

Film

• Traveller (1981 film), Irish film directed by Joe Comerford, starring Davy Spillane
• Traveller (film), 1997 film starring Bill Paxton and Mark Wahlberg
• The Time Traveller (character), the protagonist in The Time Machine
• The Traveller (1974 film), 1974 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami
• The Traveler (2010 film), 2010 Val Kilmer film
• Travellers (film), 2011 British film directed by Kris McManus

Literature

• The Traveler (novel), 2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks
• The Traveler: An American Odyssey in the Himalayas, 1993 book by Eric Hansen
• The Traveller (1954 novel), time-travel story by Richard Matheson
• Traveller (novel), 1988 historical novel by Richard Adams about General Robert E. Lee's horse of the same name
• Traveler (novel series), a series of post-apocalyptic novels written by multiple writers under the pseudonym D. B. Drumm
• The Traveller (character), the hero of James Herbert's graphic novel, The City
• Travelers, group of social outcasts in the novel Earthworks
• Travelers, fictional characters from The Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale

Music

• Traveller (Christy Moore album), 2000
• Traveller (Slough Feg album), 2003
• Traveler (Colin James album), 2003
• Traveler (Steve Roach album), 1983
• Traveler (Hitomi album), 2004
• "Traveller" (song), 2004 single by Aiko Kayo
• "The Traveller", song from Joe Satriani's 2002 studio album, Strange Beautiful Music
• "The Traveller", song from A Flock of Seagulls's 1983 studio album, Listen
• "The Traveller", song from Chris de Burgh's 1980 album, Eastern Wind

Television

• Traveler (Star Trek), fictional character in Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Traveler (TV series), short-lived 2007 American drama-thriller television series that ran on ABC
• "Travelers" (Stargate Atlantis), season 4 episode of Stargate Atlantis
• "Travelers" (The X-Files), season 5 episode of The X-Files

Science and engineering

Animals

• Traveller (horse), owned by General Robert E. Lee
• Traveler (mascot), official mascot of University of Southern California
• Traveller (moth), a moth of Great Britain

Electronics

• Traveler (camera), a digital camera brand

Mechanics

• Mechanical traveller, part of a ship or machine

Vehicles

• International Harvester Scout

Ships

• HMS Traveller, a wooden paddle vessel purchased in 1839 and sold into mercantile service in 1844.
• HMS Traveller, an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up by 1863.
• HMS Traveller, a T-class submarine launched in 1941 and sunk by an unknown cause in 1942.
• USS Traveler (SP-122), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• USS Traveller (1805), a United States Navy supply boat in commission in 1805

Society

Entertainment

Games

• Starship Traveller, roleplaying gamebook written by Steve Jackson
• Traveller (game), series of related science fiction role-playing games, first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop
• Traveling sheet, used to record scores in the card game of duplicate bridge

Science fiction

• Time traveler

Organizations

• The Travelers Companies, an American insurance company
• Traveller's Inn, a Canadian hotel chain
• Travelers Aid International, provides assistance to travelers.

Politics

• Fellow traveler, a socio-political term

See also

• Backpacking (travel)
• Lifestyle travelling