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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sundowner \Sun"down'er\, noun 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Traveler \Trav"el*er\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
traveler
noun: a person who changes location [syn: {traveller}]
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