# tourist

Pronunciation: say "TUUR-ist" US /ˈtʊɹ.ɪst/, UK /ˈtʊəɹɪst/

## Noun

1. A person who travels to see places for pleasure rather than for business.
   - Simple: A person who travels to visit places for fun, not for work.
   - _A curious tourist asked the guide about the city's history._
   - _Most tourists head straight for the famous fountain in the square._
2. Someone who visits a place or joins a hobby group out of curiosity, wanting to watch or take part without any real commitment.
   - Simple: A person who joins a group or activity just to watch, without really caring about it.
   - _He was just a tourist at the workshop, drifting in for the fun and slipping out before the cleanup._
   - _The veterans dismissed the newcomers as tourists with no real stake in the project._
3. A member of the visiting team in a match, playing away from home. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A player on the team that came to play away from its home ground.
   - _The tourists held their nerve and drew the match at a hostile ground._
   - _A seasoned tourist anchored the visiting side's defense all afternoon._
5. An outsider to a fandom or hobby community who engages with its discourse to seek attention or approval, often disrespecting longtime members and the group's norms while displaying unwelcome moral self-importance. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A person who joins a fan group's talk to get attention, often being rude and acting better than real members.
   - _The subreddit's regulars grew tired of a tourist who lectured them on rules he barely understood._
   - _Longtime collectors rolled their eyes as tourists swarmed the thread demanding to be heard._

## Verb

4. To travel around a place for pleasure, visiting its sights and attractions.
   - Simple: To travel around to visit places for fun.
   - _They prefer to tourist slowly, lingering in each village for days._
   - _He spent his retirement touristing across Southeast Asia._

## Noun

6. A guest user on a computer system, given limited or temporary access. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A guest who can use a computer system without their own account.
   - _An administrator set up a tourist account so visitors could browse the public files._
   - _On the old mainframe, tourists were given read-only access to most directories._

## Origin

Formed from "tour" combined with the suffix "-ist," and a doublet of "turista."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tourist (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).