tourist

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noun

a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
tourist class.

adverb

in tourist-class accommodations, or by tourist-class conveyance: to travel tourist.

Origin of tourist

First recorded in 1770–80; tour + -ist

Related formsnon·tour·ist, noun

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Examples from the Web for tourist

Contemporary Examples

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
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For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.
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January 3, 2015
The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
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December 31, 2014
Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.
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Historical Examples

Just then a French tourist came up and accosted us, smiling ruefully.
The Roof of France
Matilda Betham-Edwards
I will content myself with describing what is in store for the tourist.
The Roof of France
Matilda Betham-Edwards
The roads—if they can be so called—offer little inducement to the tourist.
The Hunted Outlaw
Anonymous
She has but reached one of the commonplaces of tourist ventures.
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L. Lind-af-Hageby
Fandor thought: "This grows interesting: it is quite on the cards that this tourist may be."
A Nest of Spies
Pierre Souvestre

British Dictionary definitions for tourist

tourist

noun

1. a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels
2. (as modifier)tourist attractions
a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour
a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches
Also called: tourist class the lowest class of accommodation on a passenger ship

adjective

of or relating to tourist accommodation

Derived Formstouristic, adjective

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Word Origin and History for tourist

n.

1780, from tour (n.) + -ist; tourist trap attested from 1939, in Graham Greene.

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Examples from the Web for tourist

Contemporary Examples

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.

It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.

For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.

The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.

Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.

Historical Examples

Just then a French tourist came up and accosted us, smiling ruefully.

I will content myself with describing what is in store for the tourist.

The roads—if they can be so called—offer little inducement to the tourist.

She has but reached one of the commonplaces of tourist ventures.

Fandor thought: "This grows interesting: it is quite on the cards that this tourist may be."

tourist

Word Origin and History for tourist

n.

Origin of tourist