globetrotter

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/

Definition of globetrotter

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who travels often to faraway places.
    “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".”
    “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.”
    ““Any ship is that—for a reasonable man,” generalised Marlow in a conciliatory tone. “A sailor isn’t a globetrotter.””
    “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.”

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Etymology

From globe + trotter.

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