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EXCURSIONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does excursionist mean?
• EXCURSIONIST (noun)
The noun EXCURSIONIST has 1 sense:
1. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
Familiarity information: EXCURSIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
excursionist; rubberneck; sightseer; tripper
Hypernyms ("excursionist" is a kind of...):
holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)
Derivation:
excursion (wandering from the main path of a journey)
excursion (a journey taken for pleasure)
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