tramper

Definition of trampernext
as in walker
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure though inaccessible to most vehicles, the boggy backcountry is popular with intrepid trampers

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Noun
  • The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Maximize your miles with Hoka membership perks This is a fun benefit for runners, walkers, and hikers—members can earn rewards and badges through the Hoka Membership program for completing challenges like the Speedgoat 7 Vert (log 7,000 feet of elevation to complete it).
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From the walking path, a tunnel traveling north under Friars Road will take hikers into the Escala community.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Gardeners, tree climbers, hikers and anyone else can identify poison ivy.
    Eva Flowe April 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Parents and pediatricians can advocate for child pedestrian safety by supporting and encouraging community programs with resources offered through organizations such as Safe Routes to School.
    Dr. Phyllis Agran, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Because the former hotel land is largely covered by freeway, the city plans to designate a portion of a nearby pedestrian tunnel connecting Downtown Commons and Old Sacramento in honor of the site.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Tramper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramper. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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