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tour guide
tour guidenouna professional who leads visitors or tourists around a particular site or on a longer trip through many sites, stopping at points of interest and providing commentary.
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tour-guide
tour guide
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Beatles tour guide Jackie Spencer posted last summer on social media that the increase in visitors and tours to the narrow streets had led to residents erecting a metal chain to manage access.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Mr. King is a New York-based writer, editor and licensed tour guide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
"My last group of tourists left three days ago, and all the other groups planned for March have been cancelled," said Nazih Rawashdeh, a tour guide near Irbid, in northern Jordan.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Tucker will make 92 times the entire tour guide payroll annually.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Another tour guide was talking over the microphone, telling the tourists about water supplies in Nevada.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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