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holidaymaker

American

[hol-i-dey-mey-ker] / ˈhɒl ɪ deɪˌmeɪ kər /

noun

British.

vacationer.

Etymology

Origin of holidaymaker

First recorded in 1830–40; holiday + maker

Example Sentences

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Another British holidaymaker - Kate Fischer from Buckinghamshire - said she and her family are "very frightened."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The mother of a British holidaymaker who vanished in Sardinia says she is still "living in limbo" five months after her son disappeared.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

The holidaymaker, from Bristol, set off with his 16-year-old son on a journey from Studland Bay to Old Harry Rocks on the afternoon of 3 July.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

"We were stuck in the airport for about seven or eight hours yesterday. We were left high and dry," said Maria Ball a holidaymaker from Liverpool, in northwest England.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

At intervals, a belated holidaymaker was still to be met with hurrying townwards: only they two were leaving the town, and its innocent revels, behind them.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

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