backpacker

English

Etymology

From backpack +‎ -er.

Noun

backpacker (plural backpackers)

1. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
   • 2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34:

     Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).

   • 2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 53:

     A decade ago, I was a backpacker entirely reliant on the railways as a means to see Britain, and with castles as my destination. Via trains alone, I was able to tick off nearly all of the castles that my English Heritage annual pass afforded me.

2. (music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
   • 2014, Geoff Harkness, Chicago Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class:

     Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be gangsta rappers than backpackers.

   • 2017, Patrick Turner, Hip Hop Versus Rap: The Politics of Droppin' Knowledge, page 129:

     To him the white backpackers are abject, 'safari wiggers' who threaten to undo all his careful work at 'passing' in this culture. With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.

Derived terms

• begpacker
• bikepacker

 

Translations

a traveler

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背包客 (bēibāokè)

• Czech: baťůžkář m
• Danish: backpacker c, rygsækrejsende c, rygsækturist c
• Dutch: rugzakreiziger (nl) m, backpacker (nl) m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: reppumatkaaja
• French: routard (fr)
• German: Rucksacktourist m, Rucksackreisender m; (specific sense of “usually young, hostel-dwelling traveller” also) Backpacker (de) m
• Italian: escursionista (it) m or f, saccopelista m
• Japanese: バックパッカー (bakkupakkā)
• Korean: 배낭여행객 (baenang'yeohaenggaek), 백패커 (baekpaekeo)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: turysta z plecakiem m, turystka z plecakiem f
• Portuguese: mochileiro m
• Russian: пе́ший тури́ст m (péšij turíst), пе́шая тури́стка f (péšaja turístka), бэкпэ́кер m (bɛkpɛ́ker)
• Spanish: mochilero (es) m, mochilera (es) f
• Swedish: backpacker (sv) c, ryggsäcksturist c
• Vietnamese: tây ba lô (Western)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English backpacker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛkˌpɛ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: back‧pac‧ker

Noun

backpacker m (plural backpackers)

1. backpacker

   Synonyms: rugzakreiziger, rugzaktoerist