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Definition of Tourist

1. Noun. Someone who travels for pleasure.

Definition of Tourist

1. n. One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

Definition of Tourist

1. Noun. Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. ¹

2. Noun. (derogatory) One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement. ¹

3. Noun. (sports informal) a member of the visiting team in a match. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tourist

1. one who tours for pleasure [n -S] : TOURISTY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tourist

Literary usage of Tourist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays by Frank Shay, Pierre Loving (1920)
"FIRST tourist. You just came here. I have had this place for two days. ... tourist. How can I take your picture il you are sitting on my camera? ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"[The Party converse in whispers ; a tourist in a Flannel Shirt taps a man in ... tourist (with a turn for Architecture and a desire to air his information). ..."

3. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"tourist INFORMATION The St Lucia tourist Board is based at Pointe Seraphine and is open from 8am-4.30pm Monday to Saturday. If a cruise ship is in port on ..."

4. The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies by Frederick Treves (1911)
"THE first British tourist to the West Indies was undoubtedly Robert ... He indulged in piracy in a proper tourist spirit, and not with any idea of making ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"THE BRITISH tourist. FROM MY WINDOW IX THE HIGHLANDS. ... In the male tourist there is a rollicking sense of freedom, which beams on his countenance and ..."

6. Adventure Guide to Ireland by Tina Neylon (2004)
"tourist Information The Omagh tourist Information Office is on Market Street, ... The Cookstown tourist Information Centre is on Burn Road, Open July and ..."

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