architourist

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noun

A tourist whose primary activity involves seeing buildings and other architectural works.

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Meanings

nounarchitourist (plural architourists)

plural architourists

  1. A tourist whose primary activity involves seeing buildings and other architectural works.

    There is so much to see in Chicago that it can be more than a little confusing for the would-be architourist.

    1991 June 9, “Chicago's Good Place to Indulge Edifice Complex”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press

Origin

Blend of architecture + tourist.

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Cite this entry
APA

architourist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architourist

MLA

“architourist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architourist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “architourist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architourist.

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