traveller
/ˈtrævələ(r)/noun
उच्चारण ट्रैवलर
यात्री, मुसाफ़िर
Basic wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C]
a person who is travelling or who often travels
यात्री, मुसाफ़िर
- Hiuen Tsang was a Chinese traveller who visited India.
- a frequent traveller
- The tired travellers waited at the station for the delayed train.
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- Ibn Battuta was a famous traveller from Morocco.
- Experienced travellers always carry a water bottle.
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[C] BrE
a person who does not live in one place but travels around, especially as part of a group
घुमंतू, खानाबदोश
- a camp of travellers
- Local people complained when a group of travellers parked their vans near the school.
- A group of travellers set up camp by the lake.
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- Some travellers in the region move their herds from place to place with the seasons.
- The council discussed a site for the travellers.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
traveller (British) / traveler (American)
British English doubles the l in traveller, travelling and travelled. American English writes traveler. Exams in India follow the British spelling.
British English में traveller, travelling और travelled में 'l' दोहराया जाता है। American English में 'traveler' लिखा जाता है। भारत की परीक्षाओं में British वर्तनी चलती है।
- The traveller waited at the platform for the Rajdhani Express.
- She enjoyed travelling alone through Rajasthan.
traveller + from + place / to + place
Use from for where the traveller began and to for where they are going. A traveller is a person on a journey, not the journey itself.
यात्री कहाँ से चला इसके लिए 'from' और कहाँ जा रहा है इसके लिए 'to' आता है। Traveller यात्रा करने वाला व्यक्ति है, यात्रा स्वयं नहीं।
- A tired traveller from Kolkata asked for water.
traveller vs passenger / tourist
A passenger is somebody carried in a vehicle. A tourist travels for pleasure. A traveller is a general word for a person making a journey.
Passenger वह है जिसे वाहन ले जाता है। Tourist मनोरंजन के लिए यात्रा करता है। Traveller यात्रा करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए सामान्य शब्द है।
- Every passenger on the bus was a seasoned traveller.
traveller's cheque / traveller's tale
These fixed phrases use the possessive. A traveller's tale is a story that may be exaggerated.
ये स्थिर वाक्यांश possessive रूप में आते हैं। 'A traveller's tale' ऐसी कहानी है जो बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर कही गई हो।
- He told us a traveller's tale about a snow leopard.
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adjective + traveller
frequentseasonedsolowearybusiness
- A seasoned traveller always packs light.
traveller + noun
rest housechequeguidetalebag
- The traveller's guide listed all the old forts.
verb + traveller
guide awelcome astop ahelp astranded
- The villagers helped the stranded traveller with food.
traveller + preposition
traveller fromtraveller totraveller acrosstraveller throughtraveller by train
- The traveller by train reached Delhi at dawn.
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- As a frequent traveller, Radhika knows every station on the line.
बार-बार यात्रा करने वाली होने के कारण राधिका इस मार्ग का हर स्टेशन जानती है।
- A traveller from Japan asked the way to the temple.
जापान से आए एक यात्री ने मंदिर का रास्ता पूछा।
- The weary traveller rested under a banyan tree.
थका हुआ मुसाफ़िर बरगद के पेड़ के नीचे आराम करने लगा।
- Ibn Battuta was a famous traveller who visited India in the fourteenth century.
इब्न बतूता एक प्रसिद्ध यात्री था जो चौदहवीं शताब्दी में भारत आया था।
- The nomadic travellers of Rajasthan move with their herds in summer.
राजस्थान के घुमंतू लोग गर्मियों में अपने पशुओं के साथ आगे बढ़ जाते हैं।
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✗ The traveler booked his ticket online.
✓ The traveller booked his ticket online.
British English spells the word with a double l.
British English में यह शब्द दोहरे 'l' के साथ लिखा जाता है।
✗ The travellers reached to Delhi at dawn.
✓ The travellers reached Delhi at dawn.
Reach takes its object directly, with no to.
'Reach' का object सीधे आता है, उसके साथ 'to' नहीं लगता।
✗ Every travellers must carry an identity card.
✓ Every traveller must carry an identity card.
Every is followed by a singular noun.
'Every' के बाद singular noun आता है।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
trav·el·ler
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who travels on foot is a pedestrian or hiker; to a holy place a pilgrim; for pleasure a tourist; who travels regularly to work a commuter; who travels illegally on a ship a stowaway.
पैदल यात्री pedestrian या hiker; पवित्र स्थान का pilgrim; आनंद के लिए tourist; नियमित रूप से काम पर आने-जाने वाला commuter; जहाज़ पर अवैध यात्री stowaway।
General knowledge
Fa-Hien, Hiuen Tsang, Al-Biruni, Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo were famous travellers to India.
फ़ाह्यान, ह्वेनसांग, अल-बिरूनी, इब्न बतूता और मार्को पोलो भारत आए प्रसिद्ध यात्री थे।