minitour

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noun

A short, often informal, tour

OriginEnglish tour ← Old French tour ← Latin tornō →
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Meanings

nounminitour (plural minitours)

plural minitours

  1. A short, often informal, tour

    He turned professional the next year and bounced around the minitour circuit before earning his PGA Tour card at qualifying school in 2004 and 2005.

    2007 June 3, Damon Hack, “For Free Spirit, the Tour Is the Latest Adventure”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  7. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  8. Latintornus
  9. Latintornō
  10. Old Frenchtorner
  11. Old Frenchtour
  12. Englishtour
  13. Englishminitour

From mini- + tour.

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APA

minitour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitour

MLA

“minitour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minitour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitour.

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