tourist

[toor-ist]

noun

1. a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.

2. tourist class.

adverb

1. in tourist-class accommodations, or by tourist-class conveyance.

   to travel tourist.

tourist

/ ˈtʊərɪst /

noun

1. 1. a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels

   2. ( as modifier )

      tourist attractions

2. a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour

3. a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches

4. Also called: tourist class. the lowest class of accommodation on a passenger ship

adjective

1. of or relating to tourist accommodation

Other Word Forms

• nontourist noun
• touristic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourist¹

First recorded in 1770–80; tour + -ist

Example Sentences

I’m here as a tourist — and Saudi Arabia hopes for many more.

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After defeat by Australia in the first Test, the tourists must stir themselves for a trip to the Gabba, a ground where England have not won since 1986.

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The tourists have arranged two extra training sessions in the run-up to the second Test.

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The occasion purportedly gets its name from the mid-twentieth century, when tourists flocked to Philadelphia in advance of the annual Army-Navy college football game.

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The administration said security concerns and the overstay rate of business, student and tourists visas were among the reasons for a country to make the list.

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Related Words

• sightseer www.thesaurus.com
• traveler 
• visitor