TRAMPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tramper mean? 

• TRAMPER (noun)
  The noun TRAMPER has 2 senses:

1. someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground

2. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

  Familiarity information: TRAMPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAMPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

stamper; stomper; tramper; trampler

Hypernyms ("tramper" is a kind of...):

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

Derivation:

tramp (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hiker; tramp; tramper

Hypernyms ("tramper" is a kind of...):

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tramper"):

backpacker; packer (a hiker who wears a backpack)

Derivation:

tramp (travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition)

 Context examples 

The trampers were worse than ever that day, and inspired me with a dread that is yet quite fresh in my mind.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

How the trampers might have behaved, had the young ladies been more courageous, must be doubtful; but such an invitation for attack could not be resisted; and Harriet was soon assailed by half a dozen children, headed by a stout woman and a great boy, all clamorous, and impertinent in look, though not absolutely in word.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

When I looked down at the trampers whom we passed, and saw that well-remembered style of face turned up, I felt as if the tinker's blackened hand were in the bosom of my shirt again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

One or two little houses, with the notice, Lodgings for Travellers, hanging out, had tempted me; but I was afraid of spending the few pence I had, and was even more afraid of the vicious looks of the trampers I had met or overtaken.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)