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means A traveler who carries their belongings in a backpack and favors budget routes — hostels, buses, street food — over comfort and convenience.

from A straightforward compound of 'back' and 'pack,' first naming the physical gear (a pack carried on the back) before shifting, in the 20th century, to describe the person who carries it. The sense of 'budget traveler roaming the world' took off especially with the mid-to-late 1900s rise of long-haul youth travel routes, where the backpack itself became the badge of the lifestyle.