globetrotter

/ˈɡloʊbtrɔtər/

Other forms: globetrotters

A globetrotter is a world traveler. Your uncle the globetrotter might be famous in your family for giving lengthy slideshows of photos from his travels.

You're not a globetrotter if you never leave your neighborhood, and you're not a globetrotter if you visited Paris once, years ago. Globetrotter is an informal word for someone who travels a lot, and to many varied places around the world. The earliest use of globetrotter, from the 1870s, sometimes specified a person who tries to set or beat a record for the most ground covered or countries visited.

Definitions of globetrotter

1. noun

   someone who travels widely and often
   synonyms: world traveler

   type of:

   cosmopolitan, cosmopolite

   a sophisticated person who has traveled in many countries