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day-tripper

noun

day-trip·​per ˈdā-ˌtri-pər How to pronounce day-tripper (audio)
: one who takes a trip that does not last overnight

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There’ll be day-trippers parading arm in arm here, come July, great lines of coaches parked up in the laybys spilling hordes of pensioners in sandals, giddy children dripping ice cream from their knuckles. Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025 The tourists and day-trippers who enjoy the historic landscape generate over $300 million annually. Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025 Visitation is up among day-trippers, according to Macao’s government tourism office. Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2025 Most tourists are day-trippers. Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for day-tripper

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day-tripper was in 1851

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“Day-tripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day-tripper. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.

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