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globetrotter

/ˈɡləʊbˌtɹɒtə(ɹ)/

globetrotter noun: a person who travels often to faraway places.

Noun

globetrotter (plural globetrotters)

  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".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

pluralglobetrotters
alternative formglobe trotter
alternative formglobe-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

  1. globetard
  2. globetards
  3. globetrot
  4. globetrots
  5. globetrotted
  6. globetrotter
  7. globetrotters
  8. globetrotting
  9. globewise
  10. globi
  11. globi oculi

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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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