tourist class

noun

: economy accommodations (as on a ship)

Examples of tourist class in a Sentence

Tourist class is all we could afford.
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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 The players sailed to New York on the Queen Mary for a mammoth post-season tour, travelling tourist class and causing excitement among admiring passengers. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 30 May 2025 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

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tourist class was in 1935

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tourist class

noun
: economy accommodations (as on a ship)
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