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voyageur

Definitions of voyageur
  1. noun
    a person who changes location
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    types:
    absent
    one that is absent or not in residence
    arrivant
    someone who arrives (or has arrived)
    astronaute, cosmonaute
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
    accompagnateur
    a traveler who accompanies you
    immigrant
    someone who enters
    aviateur
    someone who travels by air
    partisan
    someone who travels behind or pursues another
    étranger
    a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
    messager
    a person who carries a message
    migrant
    traveler who moves from one region or country to another
    passager
    a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
    piéton, piétonne
    a person who travels by foot
    cavalier, motocycliste
    a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
    coureur, coureur à pied
    someone who travels on foot by running
    baigneur, nageur
    a person who travels through the water by swimming
    touriste, vacancier
    someone who travels for pleasure
    visiteur
    someone who visits
    vagabond
    someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
    visiteur
    a social or business visitor
    banlieusard
    someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
    convoyeur, transporteur
    a person who conveys (carries or transmits)
    émigrant
    someone who leaves one country to settle in another
    banni, exilé
    a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
    exilé
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
    hôte, invité, visiteur
    a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
    héraut
    (formal) a person who announces important news
    randonneur
    a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
    auto-stoppeur
    a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
    cavalier
    a man skilled in equitation
    immigrant, immigrante
    a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
    intrus
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
    joggeur
    someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
    retardataire
    someone who arrives late
    nomade
    a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
    pédaleur
    a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle)
    pèlerin
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
    poursuivant, poursuivante
    a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
    flâneur, promeneur
    someone who walks at a leisurely pace
    colon
    a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
    passager clandestin
    a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage
    planchiste
    someone who engages in surfboarding
    bravache, crâneur
    someone who walks in an arrogant manner
    vagabond
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  2. noun
    a traveler going on a trip
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    types:
    pèlerin
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
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