tourer

noun

tour·​er ˈtu̇r-ər How to pronounce tourer (audio)
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: one that tours

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The vehicle is designed as a comfortable, high speed GT grand tourer, rather than an aggressive sports car, focusing on refined, top down luxury motoring, from home, to work, and then to the country club for after hour cocktails and dinner. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026 Last year, Verstappen stepped into competition outside F1 by entering his first sports car events, racing a GT3 (a specification of a grand tourer) car with his own team on the Nürburgring’s iconic Nordschleife in Germany. Luke Smith, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 By comparison, the E-Ray was more of a grand tourer. Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026 Normally, the automaker’s grand tourers’ alphanumeric names jump by twos between generations; the DB7 begat the DB9, which begat the DB11. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tourer

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tourer was in 1924

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“Tourer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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