tourist

Definition

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.

Etymology

From tour + -ist. Doublet of turista.

Example Sentences

• "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines."
• "The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV."
• "Marla - the big tourist. The faker."

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