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sightseer

  • a word derived from sightsee.
    sightsee
    verb (used without object)
    to go about seeing places and things of interest.

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Get to know the summer side of Whistler with a range of summer activities for both the adventure-seeker and the sightseer.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

I read the plaque as a sightseer in 2016, and it startled me.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

The U.S. space agency didn’t want a sightseer hanging around while the station was being built.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

Kevin Faulconer looked like any other sightseer as he paused recently in the middle of Market Street to snap a photo of the city’s graceful Ferry Building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

Dobyns was not visiting the cathedral as a sightseer.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann