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tramper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tramper has 2 senses
- tramper(n = noun.person) stamper, stomper, trampler - someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground; Array is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
- tramper(n = noun.person) hiker, tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure); Array has particulars: backpacker, packer
Derived form verb tramp2
is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
Derived form verb tramp1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tramper, n.
One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
tramper
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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