meaning of tourist

1. One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.
2. tourist A guest on the system, especially one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for comm mode, electronic mail, games and other trivial purposes. A tourist is one step below a luser. Hackers often spell this turist, perhaps by some sort of tenuous analogy with luser this also expresses the ITS cultures penchant for six-letterisms. Compare twink, read-only user. [Jargon File]
3. someone who travels for pleasure

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tourist | tourist class | tourist court | tourist information | touristed | touristry | touristy |

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