Backpacker

Quick meaning: Backpacker is a noun meaning A hostel offering accommodation for such people.

Meaning

A hostel offering accommodation for such people.

More Meanings

1. (music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
2. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

Example Sentences

Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be gangsta rappers than backpackers.

We hardly ever stayed in backpackers as it was approximately double the cost of pitching a tent in a caravan park or nature reserve.

To him the white backpackers are abject, 'safari wiggers' who threaten to undo all his careful work at 'passing' in this culture. With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.

Lots of pockets help with a commute, a storm hood is great if you get caught in a storm on a hike, weight and packability are essential for backpackers and if you’re a climber or biker, you’ll want a helmet-compatible hood.

Word Forms

• backpackers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hikers, hikes, trekkers, walkers, bikepacker, fastpacker.

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