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Travers¹

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector.

In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A hamlet, virtually a ghost town, in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada, named after a railway surveyor.
  3. An unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri, United States, named after legislator O. H. Traverse.
  4. A former municipality in Val-de-Travers municipality, Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland.

travers²

Where it comes from

From French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

adverb

  1. not comparable, obsolete across; athwart 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: val, across, through, means, traverse, masts, ribs, traverso, traversa, traver, travis, tranter, traversie, trant, trask, trapp

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"travers." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/travers.

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@misc{travers_2026,
  title = {travers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/travers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}