tourist

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tour·ist

(to͝or′ĭst)

One who travels for pleasure.

tour·is′tic adj.

tour·is′ti·cal·ly adv.

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tourist

(ˈtʊərɪst)

a. a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels

b. (as modifier): tourist attractions.

2. a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour

3. (General Sporting Terms) a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches

4. (Nautical Terms) Also called: tourist class the lowest class of accommodation on a passenger ship

adj

of or relating to tourist accommodation

tourˈistic adj

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tour•ist

(ˈtʊər ɪst)

n.

1. a person who makes a tour, esp. for pleasure.

2. tourist class.

adv.

3. in tourist-class accommodations, or by tourist-class conveyance: to travel tourist.

[1770–80]

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Noun

tourist - someone who travels for pleasure

holidaymaker, tourer

traveler, traveller - a person who changes location

excursionist, rubberneck, sightseer, tripper - a tourist who is visiting sights of interest

tourist

noun traveller, journeyer, voyager, tripper, globetrotter, holiday-maker, sightseer, excursionist foreign tourists

Quotations
"You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom" [Mark Twain]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tourist

noun

One who travels for pleasure:

excursionist, sightseer.

Chiefly British: tripper.

Translations

سَائِحسائِح

turistaturistický

turist

Tourist Touristin

τουρίστας τουριστικός τουρίστρια

turista turístico

turisti

touriste

turist

túristi, ferîamaîur

turista escursionista

旅行者

관광객

turistický

turist

นักท่องเที่ยว

turist

khách du lịch

游客

tourist

[ˈtʊərɪst]

A. N

1. (on holiday) → turista mf

2. (Sport) (= visiting team) the tourists → el equipo visitante

B. CPD [attraction, season] → turístico
tourist agency N → agencia f de turismo
tourist bureau N = tourist information centre tourist class N → clase f turista
tourist industry N → industria f del turismo
tourist information centre, tourist office N → oficina f de turismo, oficina f de información turística
tourist season N → temporada f del turismo
the tourist trade N → el turismo
tourist trap N → sitio m para turistas
tourist visa N → visado m turístico, visa f turística (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tourist

[ˈtʊərɪst]

n → touriste mf

adv [travel] → en classe touriste

modif [season] → touristique; [agency] → de tourisme; [authority, board] → du tourisme; [attraction, resort, town, destination] → touristique; [development] → du tourisme; [facilities] → touristiquetourist class n → classe f touriste
to travel tourist class → voyager en classe touristetourist industry n → industrie f touristiquetourist information n → informations fpl touristiquestourist information office n → bureau m de tourismetourist office n → office m du tourisme, syndicat m d'initiativetourist trade n → tourisme mtourist trap n → piège m à touristes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tourist

n (= person) → Tourist(in) m(f), → Fremde(r) mf; (Sport) → Gast m; (= tourist class) → Touristenklasse f; to travel tourist → in der Touristenklasse reisen

attr → Touristen-; tourist season → Reisesaison or -zeit f; tourist traffic → Reiseverkehr m

tourist

tourist agency

n → Reisebüro nt

tourist association

n → Fremdenverkehrsverband m

tourist centre, (US) tourist center

n → Touristenort m

tourist class

n → Touristenklasse f

adv travel, fly → in der Touristenklasse

tourist-class

adj ticket, fare, passenger → der Touristenklasse

tourist guide

n → Fremdenführer(in) m(f)

tourist information centre

n (Brit) → Touristen-Informationsbüro nt, → Touristen-Informationszentrum nt

tourist office

n → Fremdenverkehrsbüro nt

tourist trade

n → Fremdenverkehrsgewerbe nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tourist

[ˈtʊərɪst]

1. n → turista m/f

2. adj (attraction, season) → turistico/a
the tourist trade → il turismo

3. adv (travel) → in classe turistica

tour

(tuə) noun

1. a journey to several places and back. They went on a tour of Italy.

2. a visit around a particular place. He took us on a tour of the house and gardens.

3. an official period of time of work usually abroad. He did a tour of duty in Fiji.

verb

to go on a tour (around). to tour Europe.

ˈtourism noun

the industry dealing with tourists ie hotels, catering etc. Tourism is an important part of our economy.

ˈtourist noun

a person who travels for pleasure. London is usually full of tourists; (also adjective) the tourist industry.

ˈtour guide noun

a person who guides tourists on trips.

ˈtourist guide noun

a guide with information about tourist attractions.

tourist

→ سَائِح turista turist Tourist τουρίστας turista turisti touriste turist turista 旅行者 관광객 toerist turist turysta turista турист turist นักท่องเที่ยว turist khách du lịch 游客

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She has lived practically on the tourist traffic attracted by her annual pageants of Parliaments, Boards, Municipal Councils, etc., etc.

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Let us suppose," he continued, folding his table-napkin into a graceful festoon, "that this represents what is perhaps the necessity of this Age--the Active Tourist's Portable Bath.

"I don't call it a plunge-bath," His Sub-Excellency remarked, "unless your Active Tourist goes right under!"

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All tourists MENTION the Rhine legends--in that sort of way which quietly pretends that the mentioner has been familiar with them all his life, and that the reader cannot possibly be ignorant of them--but no tourist ever TELLS them.

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Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.

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This article made a great deal of noise, and, being copied into all the papers, seriously depressed the advocates of the rash tourist.

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No one was inside it, except one tourist; but its platforms were overflowing with Italians, who preferred to stand.

It's very naughty of me, but I would like to set an examination paper at Dover, and turn back every tourist who couldn't pass it."

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It finds ignoble occupation as a gaping-ground for the vacuous tourist,--somewhat as Heine might have imagined Pan carrying the gentleman's luggage from the coach to the hotel.

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"When Miss Avery called, I felt we are only a couple of tourists."

"But tourists who pretend each hotel is their home."

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At least, so he told the lady tourists on the MAKEMBO, though in different terms; and they worshipped him as a hero, for they were lady tourists and they would know only the safety of the steamer's deck as she threaded her way through the Solomons.