tripper C2+ Topic:Travel US /ˈtrɪpɚ/ UK /ˈtrɪpə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who goes on a trip or excursion, especially a tourist Day trippers crowded the seaside promenade every summer weekend. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who goes on a trip... touristexcursionisttravellersightseerholidaymaker Word family Related forms triptripping Etymology AI details From trip (from Old French triper, tripper 'to strike with the feet, dance', of Germanic origin) + the agentive suffix -er. tripper Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Travel Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tripper **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtrɪpɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtrɪpə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who goes on a trip or excursion, especially a tourist ## Examples - Day trippers crowded the seaside promenade every summer weekend. ## Synonyms - tourist - excursionist - traveller - sightseer - holidaymaker ## Related Forms - trip - tripping ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tripper ## Etymology From trip (from Old French triper, tripper 'to strike with the feet, dance', of Germanic origin) + the agentive suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Tripper is from trip (from Old French triper, tripper 'to strike with the feet, dance', of Germanic origin) + the agentive suffix -er. Important recorded forms include tripper (Old French). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who goes on a trip or excursion, especially a tourist. The wider family includes related words such as trip and tripping. ## Topics - Travel - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown