excursionist
(ɛkˈskɜːʃənɪst)
[f. prec. + -ist.]
1. One who goes upon a (pleasure) excursion; one who travels by an excursion-train.
| 1830 Lamb Lett. xvii. 164 The excursionists reached home..a little after four. 1851 W. Collins Rambles beyond Railw. ix. (1852) 183 A company of excursionists from a remote inland district of the county. 1861 Times 10 July, A large party of excursionists left Crewe for Trentham-park. |
2. colloq. One whose business it is to arrange means for travelling on pleasure excursions; an excursion-agent.