tourern.
/ˈtʊərə/, /ˈtɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈtʊ(ə)rər/ 1.
a. A touring-car.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > touring car
touring-car1903
tourer1927
grand tourer1955
grand touring1957
gran turismo1960
1927 Sunday Pictorial 28 Aug. 8/4 Two and five-seater tourers will be £495.
1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites v. 102 Through a great rent in the tourer's flapping hood she could see Cavendish hunched over the wheel.
1978 Hot Car June 91/3 The Munster Koach, a wild '27 Model T tourer with a gung-ho Cobra engine.
b. A kind of caravan for touring.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation > for touring
tourer1970
1970 Guardian 25 Apr. 15/3 There are three basic types of caravans... There are tourers tacked on to the back of family cars, [etc.].
2. One who tours or goes on tour.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > tourist
tourist1780
resorter1871
tourer1931
grockle1964
emmet1975
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 746/3 Mürren..tends to breed racers, the other [sc. Malója] ‘tourers’.
1981 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 5 The first thing that bicycle tourers learn about British Columbia is that it is all up and down.
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