tourist class

American  

noun

1. the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes.

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Other Word Forms

• tourist-class adjective

Etymology

Origin of tourist class

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

When he was mayor of Mexico City in the early 2000s, he fed this straight-talking, man-of-the-people image by flying tourist class and driving a Nissan compact.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2017

Almodóvar: I am in solidarity with the tourist class.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2013

First class was at the center of the ship, where the motion was gentlest; cabin class was at the stern and tourist class at the bow.

From National Geographic

Finally, in 1952, Trippe's relentless attacks on the I.A.T.A. forced all airlines to accept the inevitability of tourist class.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boys found their quarters down in tourist class and stowed their gear.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown