day-tripper

See also: daytripper

English

Day trippers, who have visited Hampton Court Palace nearby, wait for a train to arrive at Hampton Court railway station

Noun

day-tripper (plural day-trippers)

1. Someone who takes a day trip.
   • 1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212:

     The Northern coastal districts of Kent, from Whitstable to Ramsgate, are one of the distressed areas of England. Their main industry – in fact almost the only one – is the summer holidaymakers, both day-trippers and fortnightly boarders. In these changing times, the habits of holidaymakers are altering also.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:

     After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.

Alternative forms

• day tripper, daytripper

Translations

someone who takes a day trip

• Dutch: eendagstoerist (nl) n, dagjestoerist (nl) n
• German: Tagesausflügler m

Further reading

• day-tripper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia