globetrottingn.
/ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊbˌtrɑdɪŋ/ Originally U.S.
The action of travelling extensively around the world, originally typically in a hurried manner, esp. for the purpose of sightseeing.
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society > travel > [noun] > in foreign lands
peregrination1548
peregrinity1851
globetrotting1874
1874 Times 10 Aug. 3/6 Rather more than a year ago I was engaged in that pleasant pastime which the Americans call ‘globe-trotting’.
1880 Daily News 6 May 4/8 The season for globe-trotting..has seriously set in.
1932 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 20 Jan. 9/4 Since the war, the family has divided its time between globe-trotting..and many happy months in Long Island.
1991 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. iv. 5/2 Some governors and mayors come under intense criticism at home for excessive globetrotting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
globetrottingadj.
/ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊbˌtrɑdɪŋ/ That engages in globetrotting; that travels extensively around the world.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > in foreign lands
peregrinec1599
globetrotting1877
1877 Oxf. & Cambr. Undergraduate Jrnl. 14 June 488/2 The errant instincts of those globe-trotting tutors, to whom the Long Vacation is so dear.
1886 Times 20 Oct. 3 The wonders and beauties of this pleasant land have been virtually monopolized..by a thin stream of travellers, mainly of the ‘globe-trotting’ class.
1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ All on Irish Shore vii. 175 A T.G. was sent to us from the 105th, a bagman as they call that sort of globe-trotting fellow.
2006 Wired Aug. 84/2 Globe-trotting terrorists are a bigger threat to the world order than hostile nations are.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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