excursionist

American  

[ik-skur-zhuh-nist, -shuh-] / ɪkˈskɜr ʒə nɪst, -ʃə- /

noun

1. a person who goes on an excursion.

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Etymology

Origin of excursionist

First recorded in 1820–30; excursion + -ist

Example Sentences

On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Ontario liquor stores actually opened, however, it quickly became obvious that an "excursionist," unless roped, hog-tied and branded as such, could not possibly be distinguished from a "tourist."

From Time Magazine Archive

Here and there, too, are scattered little green islands, set like gems on the bosom of the hushed waters, between which the excursionist, the trader, or the pirate, is wont to steer his course.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

The South-Eastern Railway Company have laid their iron hand on Hythe, and its old-world stillness is already on Bank Holidays and other bleak periods of the passing year broken by the babble of the excursionist.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

No excursionist will take a seaside holiday in the north without wishing to see the Farne Islands for the sake of her who has done so much to make them famous.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva