excursionist

excursion +‎ -ist

excursionist (plural excursionists)

1. A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
   • 1869, Mark Twain, chapter I, in The Innocents Abroad‎:

     I was provided with a receipt and duly and officially accepted as an excursionist.

   • 1898, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in The War of the Worlds:

     Coming home, a party of excursionists from Chertsey or Isleworth passed us singing and playing music.

   • 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389:

     The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists.

   • 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 36:

     A 40-carriage train in 1840 taking 1,250 excursionists from Leeds to Hull was typical, while Brighton commonly received trains of 60 carriages and over 1,700 passengers.

Borrowed from French excursionniste.

excursionist m (plural excursioniști, feminine equivalent excursionistă)

1. excursionist