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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sundowner  \Sun"down`er\,  n. 
  A  tramp  or  vagabond  in  the  Australian  bush;  --  so  called  from 
  his  coming  to  sheep  stations  at  sunset  of  ask  for  supper  and 
  a  bed,  when  it  is  too  late  to  work  --  called  also  {traveler} 
  and  {swagman}  (but  not  all  swagmen  are  sundowners). 
 
  Sundowners,  --  men  who  loaf  about  till  sunset,  and  then 
  come  in  with  the  demand  for  unrefusable  rations. 
  --Francis 
  Adams. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Traveler  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  traveler 
  n  :  a  person  who  changes  location  [syn:  {traveller}] 




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