resortern.
/rᵻˈzɔːtə/, U.S. /rəˈzɔrdər/, /riˈzɔrdər/ 1. A frequenter or visitor (to a place or person). Now rare except as merged with sense 3a.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > frequenter
suitorc1300
resorter1533
termer?1548
frequenter1751
habitué1818
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > visitor
comerc1390
repairera1464
resorter1533
visitant1601
visitor1728
visiter1843
society > leisure > social event > visit > visitor > [noun]
resorter1533
comer1576
visitor1576
visiter1592
visitant1601
caller1786
visitress1827
visiting fireman1926
1533 T. More Apol. xxxv, in Wks. 900/2 All that hathe bene punished in this diocise..or in the cytye selfe, eyther of resiauntes therin, or of resorters thereto.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 477 A common resorter to euery mans table: a smell feast.
1601 Marie Magdalens Lament. Concl. sig. Hijv Vnyo that dore be thou a quicke resorter.
1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 134 How to carry himselfe in his charge towards the Kings, His Servants and all Resorters to Him.
1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. I. vii. 151 The Office of the Records is kept open, and constantly attended for all Resorters.
1798 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. xxii. 148 Of absurdity and bad taste, the politer resorters to Matlock cannot surely be acquitted in flocking to the old hotel.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 26 A pasteboard Elephant..Was form'd to..charm the sage Theatrical resorters.
1851 L. M. Budgen Episodes Insect Life 3rd Ser. 20 A country cricket,..a resorter to sunny banks in summer.
1904 T. Wren Hist. State Nevada 442 Many people from various states are habitual or temporary resorters to this healthful place.
2. A person who resorts to a particular course of action.
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1691 J. Kettlewell Of Christian Prudence viii. 170 Resorters to forbidden and unlawful ways.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 49 Irish statesmen and judges,..were by no means the only resorters to the arbitrament of the pistol.
1919 Sewanee Rev. 27 467 In this easy and clandestine fashion the resorter to magic drowned or buried his enemy.
2006 J. Roisman Rhetoric of Conspiracy in Anc. Athens iv. 67 Cleon loses his role as a frequent resorter to charges of conspiracy to elderly jurors.
3. U.S.
a. A holidaymaker, a tourist.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > tourist
tourist1780
resorter1871
tourer1931
grockle1964
emmet1975
1871 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 14 Apr. There is likely soon to be a new village of summer resorters gathered in the neighborhood.
1877 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 14 June It is going to be against the law to get drunk at Long Branch this season, and this will work great hardships among some of the old resorters.
1920 New Outlook 5 May 45 No periodical has a wider reputation for successful resort and travel advertising—successful for both the resort and the resorter.
1963 Wilson Bull. 75 107 An abundant but harmless gnat which annoys resorters and fishermen.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 7 Aug. viii. 12/3 (advt.) The resort features an onsite deli and a number of activities for active resorters.
b. A person who runs a business in a holiday resort.
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1927 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 383/2 Take me along on a Southern trip to see what the rich resorters are wearin'?
1978 Minneapolis Tribune 4 Apr. 6 a/1 The severe reduction of motorized opportunities..would devastate the resorters and outfitters of northeastern Minnesota.
2004 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald (Nexis) 14 Feb. 1 Pariseau's bill promises to upset Minnesota resorters who rely on out-of-state fishing revenue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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