noun
Meaning 1
Someone who is on vacation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vacationist
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noun
Meaning 2
someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vacationer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonworker
Narrower terms: camper, sport, summercater, summercaters, weekender
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English vacation English vacation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vacationist From vacation + -ist.