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Marco Polo
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
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Neil Armstrong
United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-)
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James Bowie
United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
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Johnny Appleseed
United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
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John Endecott
born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
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John Herschel Glenn Jr.
made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
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Bernard Hinault
French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954)
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Anne Hutchinson
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
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Eddy Merckx
Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945)
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Peter Minnewit
Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
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Miles Standish
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
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Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
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Roger Williams
English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
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Edward Winslow
English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
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Daniel Boone
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
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Martha Jane Burke
United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
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Christopher Carson
United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
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David Crockett
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
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absentee
one that is absent or not in residence
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air traveler, air traveller
someone who travels by airplane
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arrival, arriver, comer
someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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astronaut, cosmonaut, spaceman
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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business traveler
a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for
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bearer, carrier, toter
someone whose employment involves carrying something
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companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
a traveler who accompanies you
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entrant
someone who enters
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flier, flyer
someone who travels by air
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follower
someone who travels behind or pursues another
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alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
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hosteller
a traveler who lodges in hostels
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courier, messenger
a person who carries a message
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migrant, migrator
traveler who moves from one region or country to another
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motorcyclist
a traveler who rides a motorcycle
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mover
someone who moves
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musher
a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team
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passenger, rider
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
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footer, pedestrian, walker
a person who travels by foot
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rafter, raftman, raftsman
someone who travels by raft
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rider
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
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rider
a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)
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runner
someone who travels on foot by running
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scourer
someone who travels widely and energetically
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bather, natator, swimmer
a person who travels through the water by swimming
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holidaymaker, tourer, tourist
someone who travels for pleasure
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transient
one who stays for only a short time
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trekker
a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country)
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visitant, visitor
someone who visits
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voyager
a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
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bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
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journeyer, wayfarer
a traveler going on a trip
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AWOL
one who is away or absent without leave
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advancer
someone who advances
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ascender
someone who ascends
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au pair
a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework
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boulevardier
a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)
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caller, company
a social or business visitor
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coaster
someone who coasts
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commuter
someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
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conveyer, conveyor
a person who conveys (carries or transmits)
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defaulter
someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
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departer, goer, leaver
someone who leaves
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descender
someone who descends
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dispatch rider
a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle)
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early bird
a person who arrives early before others do
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emigrant, emigre, emigree, outgoer
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
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evacuee
a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
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deportee, exile
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
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exile, expat, expatriate
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
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fare
a paying (taxi) passenger
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floater
a swimmer who floats in the water
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gringo
a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
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guest, invitee
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
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hang glider
a rider of a hang glider
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herald, trumpeter
(formal) a person who announces important news
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hiker, tramp, tramper
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
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hitchhiker
a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
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hitter, striker
someone who hits
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hobbler, limper
someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
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equestrian, horseback rider, horseman
a man skilled in equitation
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immigrant
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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import, importee
an imported person brought from a foreign country
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interloper, intruder, trespasser
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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jaywalker
a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
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jogger
someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
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latecomer
someone who arrives late
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lunger
someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)
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marcher, parader
walks with regular or stately step
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bearer
a messenger who bears or presents
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errand boy, messenger boy
a boy who earns money by running errands
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metic
an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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newcomer
a recent arrival
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nomad
a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
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nondriver
a person who is not a driver
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passer, passer-by, passerby
a person who passes by casually or by chance
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pedaler, pedaller
a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle)
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peripatetic
a person who walks from place to place
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pilgrim
someone who journeys in foreign lands
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process-server
someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant
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puller
someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
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chaser, pursuer
a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
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pusher, shover
someone who pushes
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rambler
a person who takes long walks in the country
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runner
a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
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rusher
someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
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ambler, saunterer, stroller
someone who walks at a leisurely pace
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scrambler
a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
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colonist, settler
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
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shadow
an inseparable companion
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shuffler
someone who walks without raising the feet
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excursionist, rubberneck, sightseer, tripper
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
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aquanaut, skin-diver
an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder
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spacewalker
an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space
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reeler, staggerer, totterer
someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
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stalker
someone who walks with long stiff strides
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stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler
someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
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stowaway
a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
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straphanger
a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support
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strider
a person who walks rapidly with long steps
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stumbler, tripper
a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
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surfboarder, surfer
someone who engages in surfboarding
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swaggerer
someone who walks in an arrogant manner
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shadow, shadower, tail
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
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transferer, transferrer
someone who transfers something
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traverser
someone who moves or passes across
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hooky player, truant
one who is absent from school without permission
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plodder, slogger, trudger
someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
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drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
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visiting fireman
an important or distinguished visitor
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waddler
someone who walks with a waddling gait
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wayfarer
a pedestrian who walks from place to place
