tourist

[ too r-ist ]

/ ˈtʊər ɪst /

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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.

Nearby words

tourette syndrome, tourette's syndrome, tourie, touring car, tourism, tourist, tourist car, tourist class, tourist court, tourist home, tourist trap

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

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
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Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.
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I feel like a tourist, like you, everyone asking you for money, what did you bring me?
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The upper path returns to the road along the crest of the bank, and a few steps brings the tourist to Fort Clinton.
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Nora Scarlet and Fairfax wandered through the great rooms, part of the tourist crowd.
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But as the stages of the Park Company run over this road, every tourist sees its grandeur, and bangs away with his kodak.
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Towards evening she slept, and Cutter went out, hoping to find the tourist again.
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The habitations of the early Parisian were equally unlike those familiar to the Cook's tourist.
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British Dictionary definitions for tourist

tourist

/ (ˈtʊərɪst) /

noun

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

tourist

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

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