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Definition of Sightseer
1. Noun. A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
Generic synonyms: Holidaymaker, Tourer, Tourist
Derivative terms: Excursion, Excursion, Sightsee, Trip
Definition of Sightseer
1. n. One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
Definition of Sightseer
1. Noun. One who goes sightseeing; one who goes around to look at sights or see things of interest; a tourist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sightseer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sightseer
Literary usage of Sightseer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Philippines by Hamilton Mercer Wright (1907)
"id CHAPTER XVI THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE sightseer OUTLINE OF TOPICS : The Philippines
easily reached from Hong Kong and Japan — Manila hotels — Traces of ..."
2. Missions: American Baptist International Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1911)
"... will also lure the sightseer. Short steamer trips on the Schuylkill and Delaware
will prove delightful. Indeed, the only way to see what ought to be ..."
3. A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: From Sioot to Luxor in 1879 by William John Loftie (1879)
"... the Tablet—Its Want of Authority—The Use of the Sphinx in Hieroglyphs—The
Table of Thothmes—Description from Charlotte Bronte—An Irreverent sightseer. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"A Superior sightseer. To think of the traffic of the first city in the world
being stopped for this contemptible tomfoolery ! Crowd good-naturedly make way, ..."
5. The President: A Novel by Alfred Henry Lewis (1904)
"Over the way a man was sauntering, for all the world like a sightseer from out
of town. ... Inspector Val made a slight signal, and the sightseer came ..."
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