"traveler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹæv.lɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-traveller.ogg Forms: travelers [plural]
Etymology: From travel + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|travel|-er|id2=agent noun}} travel + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} traveler (plural travelers)
  1. US standard spelling of traveller. Tags: US, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: traveller Synonyms: traveller [Commonwealth]

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.",
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