Traveler
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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
- 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
- A child Camp Follower, also called a little traveller, pre-20th Century word for the the child of a soldier, who follows his fathers army from place to place on deployments.
- Military Brat, modern term, used interchangeably with little traveller at one time, which originally was the abbreviation for British Regiment Attached Traveller, also meaning travelling child of a soldier.
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
- 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
- Military brat, subculture of traveling military children (children of career soldiers) in several English speaking countries, abbreviation derived from British Regiment Attached Travellers
- Military brat (U.S. subculture) subculture of traveling military children (children of career soldiers) exclusively of the United States military
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 (album), 2000 album by Christy Moore
- Traveller (Slough Feg album), 2003 album by The Lord Weird Slough Feg
- Traveler (Colin James album), 2003 album by Colin James
- Traveler (Steve Roach album), 1983 album by Steve Roach
- Traveler (Hitomi album), 2004 album by Hitomi
- "Traveller" (song), 2004 single by Aiko Kayo
- The Traveller, 1978 album by Allan Taylor
- "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
Manufacturing
- Traveler (manufacturing), paperwork that follows materials around a factory that describes the materials and processes required to complete the manufacturing process.
Mechanics
- Mechanical traveller, part of a ship or machine
Vehicles
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
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