tourist English · revision 6858

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtʊəɹɪst/, /ˈtɔːɹɪst/ ''(UK)''; /ˈtʊɹɪst/, /ˈtɝ.ɪst/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[tour]] and [[-ist]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who travels for pleasure, stopping to see the sights: 1772 in Etymonline, 1780 in the OED and MWU.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) At first it often meant a travel writer.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Compounds such as ''tourist agency'' and ''tourist attraction'' are from 1895.^(OED 1989) A ''tourist trap'' was at first a hotel for tourists (1891), and later a place that exploits them.^(Etymonline) ''Tourist class'', the cheapest accommodation on a ship or aircraft, is from the 1930s.^(OED 1989) A disparaging note, one who sees sights superficially, developed alongside.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1772 – a pleasure traveller.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1891 – tourist trap.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1895 – tourist agency.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1936 – tourist class.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who travels for pleasure, especially on [[holiday]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(sport)'' A member of a visiting team on [[tour]].^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or for tourists: ''tourist information''.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[touristic]]

+ * [[touristy]]

+ * [[nontourist]]

+ * [[touristry]]

+ * [[tourist trap]]

+ * [[tourist court]]

+ * [[tourist card]]

+ * [[tourist class]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tour]]

+ * [[tourism]]

+ * [[Grand Tour]]

+ * [[turn]]

+ * [[detour]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}