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tourist

noun
/ˈtʊəɹɪst/UK/ˈtʊɹ.ɪst/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tourist From tour + -ist. Doublet of turista.

  1. derived from tour
  2. derived from tor
  3. suffixed as tourist — “tour + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business

    Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

    • 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.

  2. One who only has a superficial interest in something.

    • Marla - the big tourist. The faker.

  3. An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed,…

    An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A member of the visiting team in a match.

    2. A guest user on a computer system.

      • This popularity was supposedly due to M.I.T.'s tolerance of "tourists" on its system.
      • The online tourists then uploaded the files to share with other BBS aficionados.

    3. To travel as a tourist.

The neighborhood

Derived

abortion tourist, agritourist, antitourist, architourist, astrotourist, avitourist, bicycle tourist, birth tourist, class tourist, cybertourist, dark tourist, disaster tourist, ecotourist, enotourist, ethnotourist, gastrotourist, geotourist, grief tourist, nontourist, posttourist, romance tourist, sex tourist, six bob a day tourist, space tourist, suicide tourist, sustainable tourist, ten pound tourist, ten-pound tourist, tourist agency, tourist area, tourist attraction, tourist card, tourist class, tourist court, tourist destination, touristdom, tourist guide, tourist highway, touristic, touristification · +15 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tourist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA