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tourist
CIDE DICTIONARY
tourist, n.
One who makes a tour, or performs a journey, especially for pleasure. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tourist, n. a person making a visit or tour as a holiday; a traveller, esp. abroad (often attrib.: tourist accommodation).
Idiom
tourist class the lowest class of passenger accommodation in a ship, aircraft, etc.
Derivative
touristic adj. touristically adv.
THESAURUS
tourist
adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, hajji, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, mariner, mountaineer, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer, slummer, straphanger, tourer, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, traveller, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, visitor, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-travelerROGET THESAURUS
tourist
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.For further exploring for "tourist" in Webster Dictionary Online