tourist
pronunciation
How to pronounce tourist in British English:
UK [ˈtʊərɪst]
How to pronounce tourist in American English:
US [ˈtʊrɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who travels for pleasure
Word Origin
- tourist (n.)
- 1772, "one who makes a journey for pleasure, stopping here and there" (originally especially a travel-writer), from tour (n.) + -ist. Tourist trap attested from 1939, in Graham Greene. Related: Touristic.
Example
- 1. Advance hotel bookings imply that tourist arrivals will disappoint .
- 2. The tourist wonders : was it a one-way street ?
- 3. What more could you want as a tourist ?
- 4. Forget about traveling as a tourist .
- 5. As a tourist on holiday in lijiang yunnan I came across dog skin bags .