tour guide

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A tour guide (sense 1) in the United Kingdom

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Noun

tour guide (plural tour guides)

  1. One who provides assistance and information to people on organised tours.
    Synonyms: tourist guide, touristic guide (non-native speakers' English)
  2. Synonym of travel guide.
    • 1998, John Knape, “Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – 1958”, in Satanic Mills to Galilee, Bishop Auckland, Durham: The Pentland Press Limited, →ISBN, page 171:
      I opened my Bible at the first chapter of the Gospel according to St Mark and as I read, it was as if I were reading a tour guide of my own home district.
    • 1999, Shelley O’Hara, “Navigating Like a Pro: Netscape Navigator”, in Surf the Net the Lazy Way (Macmillan Lifestyle Guides; The Lazy Way), New York, N.Y.: Alpha Books, →ISBN, part 2 (Browsing Tips), page 26:
      Using a Tour Guide / Another handy feature you can try when familiarizing yourself with Internet content are the guides provided by Netscape.
    • 2001, “Unit 4: Publishing and Presenting”, in Teacher’s Answer, editor, Computer Literacy (Pacemaker), Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Globe Fearon, →ISBN, page 241:
      You can learn about the places to visit by seeing a tour presentation or by reading a tour guide. A good guide or presentation will have both pictures and text. Computer software can be used to make tour guides and presentations.
    • 2016, David M. Mannes, “Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina”, in The Tunguska Encounter: A Damien Wynter Majic-12 Adventure, Solstice Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 15, page 160:
      Michelle lounged in the passenger seat reading a tour guide she’d picked up in the hotel confectionary story before they’d checked out.

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