HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tourist
/ˈtʊɹɪst/
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What does tourist mean?
noun
- Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
- (informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.
verb
- To travel as a tourist.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (derogatory) One who only has a superficial interest in something.
- (derogatory, slang) An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.
- (dated) A guest user on a computer system.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʊɹɪst/
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See this word in context.
The tourist sector has accounted for roughly 25% of GDP, and the clothing industry has provided about two-thirds of export earnings.
I listened for the answer in trepidation, for I saw that another "Couldn't say" would cause the red-faced tourist to blow up.
More book examples (3)
This article made a great deal of noise, and, being copied into all the papers, seriously depressed the advocates of the rash tourist.
Any tourist visiting Llangollen for a short period could do no better than take up his abode at the hostelry of honest A---.
Then a man heavily armed, a hunter probably, asked me if I were the English tourist who had "happened on" a "Grizzly" yesterday.