Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To travel often and widely, especially for sightseeing.

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  • verb To frequently travel worldwide.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from globetrotter.]

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Examples

  • Top models, from Alessandra Ambrosio to Erin Wasson, globetrot for their careers, so it's only fitting that they know how to pack like a pro.

    Alessandra Ambrosio, Erin Wasson On What They Won't Leave Home Without (VIDEO) 2010

  • Top models, from Alessandra Ambrosio to Erin Wasson, globetrot for their careers, so it's only fitting that they know how to pack like a pro.

    Alessandra Ambrosio, Erin Wasson On What They Won't Leave Home Without (VIDEO) 2010

  • Enough for me to want to see it for myself. if to globetrot

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2009

  • It just seems unseemly that the greatest military power the planet has ever known now has a currency that makes its citizenry globetrot with our tails between our legs.

    Trey Ellis: Brother Can You Spare a Euro? 2008

  • That is a really big deal for him as a former president, who loves to globetrot and be in the public eye, to give in on.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2008 2008

  • Being good, frugal Yankees who like to globetrot, they read Budget Travel magazine religiously, and my mother thought that for their once-in-a-lifetime trip to New Zealand and Hawaii this past summer, they should get some advice.

    Miscellanea 2007

  • Being good, frugal Yankees who like to globetrot, they read Budget Travel magazine religiously, and my mother thought that for their once-in-a-lifetime trip to New Zealand and Hawaii this past summer, they should get some advice.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • After taking heat for skipping a major international conference on Libya to stay on the hustings, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will globetrot this week to two major meetings aimed at finding a way around the impasse in the country.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CAMPBELL CLARK 2011

  • After taking heat for skipping a major international conference on Libya to stay on the hustings, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will globetrot this week to two major meetings aimed at finding a way around the impasse in the country.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CAMPBELL CLARK 2011

  • (CNN) -- Wanted: Luxury-loving couples available to globetrot for six months and get paid to test out the most romantic wedding and honeymoon destinations around the world.

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2010

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