tourist
Americannoun
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a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels
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( as modifier )
tourist attractions
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a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour
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a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches
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Also called: tourist class. the lowest class of accommodation on a passenger ship
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nontourist noun
- touristic adjective
Etymology
Origin of tourist
Example Sentences
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The city largely shut down as residents and tourists ran for cover and plumes of smoke from fires darkened the Pacific vista.
From Los Angeles Times
Karen Young, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, also at Columbia University, added that Iran's decision to target civilian, and in particular tourist infrastructure, was unprecedented.
From BBC
On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists have taken shelter as they wait for a way home.
From Barron's
The Bosnian national had spent years applying for tourist visas to Mali, only to be repeatedly denied on security grounds.
From BBC
These are no incoming Dreamliners or Airbuses bringing in the next manifest of tourists and guest workers.
From BBC
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