Trav″el‐er (?), n. [Written also traveler.] 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.
2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane.
4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.
Traveler's joy(Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. — Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala.