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excursionist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English excursion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English excursionist From excursion + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
   • Coming home, a party of excursionists from Chertsey or Isleworth passed us singing and playing music. 1898, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in The War of the Worlds:
   • A 40-carriage train in 1840 taking 1,250 excursionists from Leeds to Hull was typical, while Brighton commonly received trains of 60 carriages and over 1,700 passengers. 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 36:
   • I was provided with a receipt and duly and officially accepted as an excursionist. 1869, Mark Twain, chapter I, in The Innocents Abroad:
   • The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists. 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389:

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