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English
Etymology
From excursion + -ist.
Noun
excursionist (plural excursionists)
- A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389: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.
2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 36: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.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French excursionniste.
Noun
excursionist m (plural excursioniști, feminine equivalent excursionistă)
- excursionist
Declension