saddle tramp noun1 •(US, disapproving) In the Old West, a person who wanders from place to place on horseback.She allowed her fancy to play with the idea of staying in Fairfield, of forgetting her bitter quest. . . . But she was not a schoolteacher. . . . She was what some people called a saddle tramp. — 1987 formssaddle tramps · saddle-tramps