globetrotter
/ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/
globetrotter noun: a person who travels often to faraway places.
Noun
globetrotter (plural globetrotters)
- 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".1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 1
- 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.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 7
globetrotter meaning in Tamil
globetrotter in Tamil
- உலகம் சுற்றுநர்
Forms of globetrotter
| plural | globetrotters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | globe trotter |
| alternative form | globe-trotter |
Origin of globetrotter
From globe + trotter.
Questions about globetrotter
- What does globetrotter mean?
- Globetrotter means a person who travels often to faraway places.
- What is globetrotter in Tamil?
- Globetrotter in Tamil is உலகம் சுற்றுநர். See Globetrotter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is globetrotter?
- Globetrotter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce globetrotter?
- Globetrotter is pronounced /ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of globetrotter?
- The plural of globetrotter is globetrotters.
Words near globetrotter in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: globetrotter (page history and authors); globetrotter (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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