Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who travels for pleasure.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who makes a tour; one who makes a journey for pleasure, stopping at a number of places for the purpose of seeing the sights, scenery, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who makes a tour, or performs a journey, especially for pleasure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.
  • noun derogatory One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement.
  • noun sports, informal a member of the visiting team in a match.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who travels for pleasure

Etymologies

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From tour +‎ -ist.

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Examples

  • If the tourist is arriving late at night, he/she may find that these casas de cambio are closed.

    Cash 2004

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • Foschi told the Corriere della Sera that ships sometimes passed near to shore during what he termed "tourist navigation" but he said this was always performed safely and he denied that the company knew the Concordia would be going so close.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    unknown title 2012

  • Foschi told the Corriere della Sera that ships sometimes passed near to shore during what he termed "tourist navigation" but he said this was always performed safely and he denied that the company knew the Concordia would be going so close.

    unknown title 2012

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • The ship's operator, Crociere Costa SpA, has accused Schettino of causing the wreck by making the unapproved detour, and the captain has acknowledged carrying out what he called a "tourist navigation" that brought the ship closer to Giglio.

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • A couple were even interested in the call girl industry but they used the euphemism "tourist industry" so that they would not be thought of as wannabe whores.

    Krissi Jo Irving's Unique Suicide Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011

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