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backpackers

backpackers is the plural of backpacker.

Meaning of backpacker

Noun

backpacker (plural backpackers)

  1. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
    • Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34
  2. A hostel offering accommodation for such people.
    • We hardly ever stayed in backpackers as it was approximately double the cost of pitching a tent in a caravan park or nature reserve.2016, Craig J, Tame the Ego Before It Tames the Soul
  3. (slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
    • Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be gangsta rappers than backpackers.2014, Geoff Harkness, Chicago Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class

Noun

backpackers (plural backpackers)

  1. A hostel catering to backpackers.
    • If the place really appeals you can stay at the backpackers across the street […]2002, Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, New Zealand, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 790
    • Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead.2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199

Forms of backpackers

pluralbackpackers
alternative formbackpackers’

Questions about backpackers

What does backpackers mean?
Backpackers means a hostel catering to backpackers.
What is backpackers the plural of?
Backpackers is the plural of backpacker.
What part of speech is backpackers?
Backpackers is a noun.
What is the plural of backpackers?
The plural of backpackers is backpackers.

Words near backpackers in the dictionary

  1. backpack rapper
  2. backpack rappers
  3. backpackable
  4. backpacked
  5. backpacker
  6. backpackers
  7. backpacking
  8. backpacks
  9. backpaddle
  10. backpaddled
  11. backpaddles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backpackers (page history and authors); backpacker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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