Definition of "Travers"

A surname originating as an occupation.  examples

A place name:

1. A hamlet, virtually a ghost town, in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada, named after a railway surveyor.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri, United States, named after legislator O. H. Traverse.  examples

3. A former municipality in Val-de-Travers municipality, Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland.  examples