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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIP'PER, n. One who trips or supplants; one that walks nimbly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations
2: a walker or runner who trips and almost falls [syn: stumbler, tripper]
3: a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn: sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck]
4: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn: tripper, trip]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1813 1. chiefly British one that takes a trip ; tourist 2. a tripping device (as for operating a railroad signal)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Brit. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion. 2 colloq. a person experiencing hallucinatory effects of a drug.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tripper Trip"per, n. 1. One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer. 2. An excursionist.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trippers) A tripper is a person who is on a trip or on holiday. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) ...when the shops shut and the trippers go home. N-COUNT see also day-tripper

Moby Thesaurus

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