holidayer

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noun

Someone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).

Similar
holidaymakerholiday-makervacationer
OriginEnglish holiday ← Middle English halyday ← Old English hāliġdæġ →
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Meanings

nounholidayer (plural holidayers)

plural holidayers

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKSomeone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).

    The Tippers were not natural holidayers.

    2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

    Synonyms: holidaymaker, holiday-maker, vacationer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).

Similar
holidaymakerholiday-makervacationer
Also see
holiday-makerholidaymakervacationer

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos
  2. Proto-Germanic*hailaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*hailagaz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  5. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*hailagadagaz
  7. Old Englishhāliġdæġ
  8. Middle Englishhalyday
  9. Englishholiday
  10. Englishholidayer

From holiday + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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