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How to pronounce backpacker in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms packer
Type of hiker, tramp, tramper
Derivation backpack

Examples of backpacker

backpacker
Most places you stay, from the backpacker to the fancy, are pretty unremarkable.
From the smh.com.au
As a popular backpacker destination, the city has plenty of budget-price hostels.
From the telegraph.co.uk
When they filmed here in 1974, there was nothing, not even a gap-year backpacker.
From the independent.co.uk
Nights at motels, backpacker accommodation and holiday parks were little changed.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
Not even travellers'huts and hippy markets elsewhere on the backpacker circuit.
From the nzherald.co.nz
On a tip from a fellow backpacker, he headed to Israel to find work at a kibbutz.
From the time.com
But no backpacker hostels, no arty vans on the beach verge and no camping allowed.
From the couriermail.com.au
Six years ago, Bill Nicolai, 36, an avid backpacker, relied on food stamps to eat.
From the time.com
It's a great idea, especially if you're a backpacker and have concerns about weight.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • A hiker who wears a backpack
  • (backpacking) packing: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"
  • Backpacker Magazine is an American publication that features information on wilderness hiking and adventure. It has been published since 1973. Backpacker magazine is currently published by Active Interest Media and is based in Boulder, Colorado. ...
  • Backpacker is a term usually used for people who listen to underground hip-hop/rap.
  • (Backpackers (tv show)) Backpackers is a mixed genre travel/reality television program created by and starring buddies Mick Middleton, James Grech (JAG) and Lee Mahoney from Colac.
  • Backpacking (in US; tramping, trekking, or bushwalking in other countries) combines hiking and camping in a single trip. A backpacker hikes into the backcountry to spend one or more nights there, and carries supplies and equipment to satisfy sleeping and eating needs.
  • (Backpacking (urban)) Backpacking is a term that has historically been used to denote a form of low-cost, independent international travel. Terms such as independent travel and/or budget travel are often used interchangeably with backpacking. ...
  • A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services; An inexpensive place to stay, often with small dorm rooms of 4-8 beds shared by unrelated parties; hostel
  • (Backpacking) A hike which extends to at least one overnight stay where the essentials (food, shelter, clothing, etc.) for that stay are packed.