tourist class

noun

: economy accommodations (as on a ship)

Examples of tourist class in a Sentence

Tourist class is all we could afford.
Recent Examples on the Web Tickets are being released on this website and at the Teya Mérida train station in Mérida on a daily basis; tourist class tickets from Cancún to Merida currently cost about $68. Laura Sanders, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023 No one attractive in tourist class, and we are very effectively barred from fraternizing with the other two. Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021 To keep the trip under budget, the girls made the five-day journey across the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth in tourist class and stayed in youth hostels and campgrounds, while in Europe. Margarita Cambest, baltimoresun.com, 6 Sep. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tourist class was in 1935

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“Tourist class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20class. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tourist class

noun
: economy accommodations (as on a ship)
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