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Definition of "holidaymaker" [holidaymaker]

  • Chiefly British One who goes on vacation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "holidaymaker" in a sentence
  • "David Swann, a currency strategist at Travelex, says that, at a typical bureau de change, a holidaymaker exchanging £500 would have got A$1,250 at the start of the last Ashes season down under, compared with just A$805 today."
  • "It's a "party town": bum-skimming skirts, plunging tops and vertiginous heels are standard uniform for every female holidaymaker."
  • "A tourist in a dinghy dragged the man on board and brought him ashore and another holidaymaker then tried to save his life, according to a report in the Daily Mail."