Traveler
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Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
s, especially to distant lands.
It may also refer to:
- Drifter, a person who is continually travelling without a home or job
- RogueRogue (vagrant)A rogue is a vagrant person who wanders from place to place. Like a drifter, a rogue is an independent person who rejects conventional rules of society in favor of following their own personal goals and values....
, VagabondVagabond (person)A vagabond is a drifter and an itinerant wanderer who roams wherever they please, following the whim of the moment. Vagabonds may lack residence, a job, and even citizenship....
, VagrantVagrancy (people)A vagrant is a person in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income.-Definition:A vagrant is "a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging;" vagrancy is the condition of such persons.-History:In...
- Rogue
- ItinerantItinerantAn itinerant is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home. The term comes from the late 16th century: from late Latin itinerant , from the verb itinerari, from Latin iter, itiner ....
, a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home- NomadNomadNomadic people , commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but...
, a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer
- Nomad
- Perpetual travelerPerpetual travelerThe term perpetual traveller refers to both a lifestyle and a philosophy.- Background :...
, 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
- English Travellers (disambiguation)
- Scottish travellersScottish TravellersScottish Travellers, or the people termed loosely Gypsies and Tinkers in Scotland, consist of a number of diverse, unrelated communities, with groups speaking a variety of different languages and holding to distinct customs, histories, and traditions...
, nomadic or itinerant people of Scottish origin - New Age travellersNew age travellersNew Age Travellers are groups of people who often espouse New Age or hippie beliefs and travel between music festivals and fairs in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. Their transport and homes consist of vans, lorries, buses, narrowboats and caravans converted into...
, groups of people who often espouse New Age and/or hippie beliefs, and usually travel between music festivals and fairs- Rainbow Travellers
- Indigenous Norwegian TravellersIndigenous Norwegian TravellersThe indigenous Norwegian Travellers are an ethnic minority group in Norway. They are a wandering people who once travelled by foot, with horse-drawn carts and with boats along the southern and southwestern coastline of Norway.-Names for the group:...
, itinerant ethnic minority group in Norway - Irish TravellerIrish TravellerIrish Travellers are a traditionally nomadic people of ethnic Irish origin, who maintain a separate language and set of traditions. They live predominantly in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.-Etymology:...
s 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
- Traveller (1981 film), Irish film directed by Joe Comerford, starring Davy Spillane
- Traveller (film)Traveller (film)Traveller is an American film released in 1997, starring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianna Margulies. The plot centers on a man joining a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.-See also:...
, 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)The Traveler (2010 film)The Traveler is a horror film released in 2010, starring Val Kilmer and Dylan Neal. Val Kilmer plays a stranger , who is interrogated for murder at a small town's police station by Dylan Neal, who plays a police detective Alexander Black....
, 2010 Val Kilmer film - Travellers (film), 2011 British film directed by Kris McManus
- The Traveler (novel)The Traveler (novel)The Traveler is a 2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks, which impressed critics and became an international bestseller, in part due to the reclusive behaviour of its author. The Dark River, book two of The Fourth Realm Trilogy, was published in July 2007...
, 2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks - The Traveler: An American Odyssey in the Himalayas, 1993 book by Eric HansenEric Hansen (travel writer)Eric Hansen is a travel writer, most famous for his book Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo, about a 4,000 km trek through the heartland of Borneo. He lives in San Francisco. For 25 years he has traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Nepal, and Southeast Asia...
- The Traveller (1954 novel), time-travel story by Richard MathesonRichard MathesonRichard Burton Matheson is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been...
- Traveller (novel)Traveller (novel)Traveller is a historical novel written by Richard Adams in 1988. It recounts the American Civil War through the viewpoint of Traveller, the favorite horse of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.-Plot:...
, 1988 historical novel by Richard Adams about General Robert E.
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