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Excursionist

noun
1.
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.  Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper.






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"Excursionist" Quotes from Famous Books



... a lonely swamp, but somewhat better luck attended the effort to carry the excursionist on to Borth. The line was pushed on there, and an old farm house, on the outskirts of what was then nothing but a tiny fishing village, was converted into a station. The following July the line was open for traffic. Curiously enough, little public interest seems to have been aroused ...
— The Story of the Cambrian - A Biography of a Railway • C. P. Gasquoine

... spoken with a certain noble pride which impressed Gustave more than all the father's florid eloquence had done. After this the conversation became less personal. M. Lenoble talked of England. It was not his first visit; but he had only the excursionist's knowledge ...
— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon



Words linked to "Excursionist" :   tourist, holidaymaker, tourer, excursion



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