Globetrotter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Globetrotter is a noun meaning A person who travels often to faraway places.
Meaning
A person who travels often to faraway places.
Example Sentences
“Any ship is that—for a reasonable man,” generalised Marlow in a conciliatory tone. “A sailor isn’t a globetrotter.”
Word-painting has become a science, and almost every corner of the globe has been described and traversed by that genus homo, the inevitable "globe-trotter".
Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces the globetrotter went on, adhering to his adventures. —And I seen a man killed in Trieste by an Italian chap. Knife in his back. Knife like that.
Globe-trotters who expect entertainment as a right, have, even within my memory, blunted this open-heartedness, but, none the less, to-day if you belong to the Inner Circle and are neither a bear nor a black sheep all houses are open to you and our small world is very kind and helpful.
Word Forms
- globetrotters
- globe trotter
- globe-trotter
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include globe-trotter, traveller, travelholic, itinerant, travellour, travelour.
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