tour guide

¹ American  

[toor gahyd] / ˈtʊər ˌgaɪd /

noun

plural

tour guides

1. a 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 ² American  

[toor gahyd] / ˈtʊər ˌgaɪd /

verb (used without object)

tour-guided, tour-guiding, tour-guided, tour-guiding

1. to work as a tour guide.

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verb (used with object)

1. to provide a tour guide for (an attraction, activity, etc.).

Other Word Forms

• tour-guided adjective
• tour-guiding noun

Example Sentences

The building is called the Virgil, which indicates that at least someone in the filmmaking process has heard of Dante’s “Inferno,” in which the Roman poet appears as hell’s tour guide.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. King is a New York-based writer, editor and licensed tour guide.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I can access any website I want,” says the 30-something tour guide.

From Salon

They’d been fighting for months by then, but they seemed so relaxed and happy as the three of us followed a student tour guide down halls they'd already seen.

From Literature

"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