n. [ Written also traveler. ] 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Traveler's joy (Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. --
Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala. [ 1913 Webster ]