vacationn.
/vəˈkeɪʃn/, /veɪˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /veɪˈkeɪʃən/, /vəˈkeɪʃən/ I. Senses relating to freedom from work or business, and related uses.
1. in extended use.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xiii. 61 After the tempest of a long warre,..King Baldwine had a five yeares vacation of peace in his old age.† c. Leisure for, or devoted to, some special purpose; hence, occupation, business. Obsolete.† d. Absence from duty or from some usual post; also, a sum paid for absence or exemption.
a. Freedom, release, or rest from some occupation, business, or activity.
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society > leisure > [noun]
restingOE
leisure13..
voidnessa1382
remissionc1384
vacationc1386
ease1393
otiosity1483
holiday1526
otiation1589
idlesse1596
vacance1610
playa1616
vacancya1616
remissness1624
recess1644
otium cum dignitate1729
dolce far niente1814
disoccupation1834
otium1850
non-work1855
kef1864
toillessness1877
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 684 Whan he hadde leyser and vacacioun From oother worldly occupacioun.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Bijv What vacacion had they from the warres?
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 15 The fornoon occupied..in quiet & vacation [printed vocation] from woork.
1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie (1877) 156 Admit of no vacation, saue onely vacation from vice.
1690 R. Lucas Humane Life 245 The life of the sluggish is but a waking dream, a vacation from all business.
1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 165 Especially during the days of vacation from ordinary business.
b. Without const. Freedom or respite from work, etc.; time of rest or leisure.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
spalea1250
lithec1300
respitec1330
sabbath1398
vacationc1425
respetta1450
respectc1450
repose?1549
intermission1576
bait1580
sob1593
respiration1611
vacation1614
suspension1645
relaxation1728
relax1733
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iv. 777 Bot þai war til Sancte Petyr ay Helparis in his lattyr day, Qwhen he gaf his vacacion Al hail til his deuocion.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John viii. 58 A secrete place, or some vacacion is conuenient for preachers of the gospell.
1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 129 When, resting from worldly business.., and as it were having a certain holy vacation.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xii. xvii. 458 His vacation is not idle, sloathfull nor sluggish.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 20 The Primitive Confessours were so taken up with what they endured, they had no vacation largely to relate their own or others Sufferings.
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society > leisure > [noun] > for doing something
toom1297
leisurec1400
respite1443
vacationc1450
vacuity1607
room1769
time off1881
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun]
busyingeOE
busyOE
busyship?c1225
busyhead1340
occupation?1387
occupyinga1400
businessc1405
vacationc1450
employing1459
employment1542
entertainment1551
activity1570
trade1591
negotiation1628
engagement1661
employ1675
busyness1809
occupancy1826
carry-on1917
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lviii. 135 Put þe vacacion of god [L. Dei vacationem] before all oþer þinges.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 35 Ther prencipal vacatione vas on the neuresing of bestialite.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 35 Ther is na faculte stait nor vacatione..that can be conparit til oure stait.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 308 She [sc. Philosophy] ascribeth no other consultation [to the Gods], nor imputeth other vacation vnto them.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 2 Charity, which is the vtmost pretended aime of single life, and wilfull pouertie, whole Vacation to the Contemplation of the glorious Deitie.
1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion xi. 107 The inestimable benefit of peace, and quiet, and vacation for piety.
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the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > from duty or usual post
vacation1461
society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for absence or exemption
vacation1591
1461–83 in Househ. Ord. (ed. 4) 32 Savynge the right of the countynghouse in chekking them for theire vacations or for lak of recordes.
1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 57/1 Sommes of money..abated of the fees..of any of the said Souldeours..for the vacations and absence oute of the said Toune.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Qij v Parmenio his tongue was very fine and voluble to run ouer his masters whole life this time of vacation from his mistris.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 33 Vitellius..paies the vacations to the Centurions out of his cofers.
2. in extended use.1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. i. 242 Wherefore in the midst of the Term of his businesse he makes himself a vacation to speak with them.c1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 814 The King of Kings forbore his hunting and feasting of the Nobles, which is a Kinde of Vacation among the Parthians.
a. A period during which there is a formal suspension of activity; one or other part of the year during which law-courts, universities, or schools are suspended or closed; holidays.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term > holidays
vacationc1456
school vacation1718
summer holiday1746
school holiday1777
society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > formal
vacationc1456
vacancyc1580
lawstead1600
vac1709
feriate1727
statutory holiday1850
c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 228 Hou myche labour is maad in ynnes of Court in Londoun, bi tymes of vacacioun, aboute the reding..of the Kingis Statutis.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xv. 148 How mony owres off the day this counsell shall sytt, when thai shall haue any vacasion.
1529 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 36 We dyd apoynte them there to mete ageyne at the vacacion of Christmas last past.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 322 [Time stays] With Lawiers in the vacation: for they sleepe betweene Terme and Terme. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 10 I judge Lawyers and Officers more happy, who have their Termes to live in the City, and their Vacations to returne into the Countrey.
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to Let (1673) i. i We are standing Properties of the Play-house, which, in Vacation, lye in pawn for the Rent.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 21 It being in the Time of the Vacation.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 324 The young nobleman,..whom I accompanied to his seat from the university, during the Christmas-vacation.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 35 Every honest father of a family..will pray that there may be a very long vacation in all such schools.
1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 171 For no other reason, perhaps, but because the fine was levied in the vacation, and was dated as of the preceding term.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. vi. 84 To this home, Algernon was constantly consigned during his vacations from school.
1904 L. Creighton Life & Lett. M. Creighton I. x. 308 In the Easter Vacation we went for a short walking tour in Norfolk.
b. long vacation (see long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4).
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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > formal > legal or university
voiding1468
summer vacation1507
justitium1583
long vacation1631
vacants1647
long1848
1631 T. Adams in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 150 The arabick Lecture..to be entred upon after that long vacation following.
1658 P. Osborne Pract. Exchequer Court 160 In every long vacation all the bills..and other pleadings are to be taken from the common files.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 93 When now the long Vacation's come, The noisie Hall and Theatres grown dumb.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 215 In ye Long-Vacation [he] made an Excursion.
1825 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) 85 A most delightful fortnight which I spent last long vacation at Cambridge.
1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol v When season, reading-party, and long vacation were all over,..much distressed was the Oxford world [etc.].
c. A holiday. Chiefly U.S.
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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays
holidayc1400
vacance?1566
vacancyc1580
feriate1727
run1843
vacation1878
hols1905
getaway1923
1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 177 At Saratoga, where you meet all grades of well-dressed people spending short vacations.
1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors vi. 83 She went away for a short vacation a few days ago.
1923 J. D. Hackett Labor Terms in Managem. Engin. May Vacation, a period of rest from work, of more than one day's duration, generally paid for and given at the instance of the employer.
3. † a. A state or period characterized by the intermission or absence of something. Obsolete.† b. A cessation from something.
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the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval
waya1300
distancec1330
interstition1390
spacea1400
pastimea1513
vacance1533
intermission?1566
vacation1567
intervallum1574
interim1579
between-timea1586
wem1599
parenthesis1600
intermedium1611
betweena1616
fore-while?1615
interpolation1615
vacancya1616
interval1616
interstitium1624
slatcha1625
interspace1629
intermissa1633
between-spacea1641
interregnum1659
intervalea1661
interlapse1666
interlude1751
in-between1815
lapse1817
intermezzo1851
meanwhile1872
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > state or period characterized by
vacation1567
1567 W. Allen Treat. Def. Priesthod Pref. In this pitifull vacation and long lacke of the practise of priesthoode.
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. vii. 33 Whereby followeth a kinde of intermission and vacation of the actions.
1677 W. Temple Let. to Hyde in Wks. (1720) II. 474 We have had since Monday last, a perfect Vacation of all Affairs.
a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 115 Sleep's a Vacation of our Pow'rs, And innocently wastes our Hours.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > a stop or cessation of action or process
steadc1000
stayc1563
full stopa1586
period1590
death blow1596
vacation1617
stand1625
let-up1836
estop1884
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > a temporary cessation of activity or operation
pause1440
trip1584
interpause1595
wem1599
stand1602
vacation1617
interspiration1623
intercisiona1631
interregnum1659
lapse1838
shutdown1857
break1878
slip1898
seventh-inning stretch1915
standoff1918
1617 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 184 This day is here Good Friday, and such a dead vacation from all kind of business, as I can now add little to this letter.
c1770 E. Carter Let. 30 Oct. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 96 That dead vacation from all present hopes and fears that stupifies the retirement of a convent.
c. A state or period of inactivity.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 116 The inconvenience of this cold vacation in the Hand, gave being to that Axiome in Rhetorique [etc.].
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Pref. p. viii The occasional vacations of the Press, by reason of Festivals, or the absence of the Corrector.
1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iv. 88 The city..was in a state of comparative desolation;..a vacation of centuries, had passed over it.
4. A time of freedom, release, or respite (from something).
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
spalea1250
lithec1300
respitec1330
sabbath1398
vacationc1425
respetta1450
respectc1450
repose?1549
intermission1576
bait1580
sob1593
respiration1611
vacation1614
suspension1645
relaxation1728
relax1733
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xii. §6. 150 The Mantinæans, finding the warre to be carried from their walls..would vse the commoditie of that vacation.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. vi. 9 The longest vacation from persecution they enjoyed, was when Charles was Emperour of the West.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 189 Giving himself a vacation from the hardships of War.
1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 100 Such times should be vacations from the common business and affairs of human life.
1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 244 Let..a Vacation from Labour be given him.
II. Senses relating to lack of occupation or absence.† 5. † b. A vacant post; a vacancy. Obsolete.† 6. The fact of a house being unoccupied or untenanted; loss of rent due to this. Obsolete.† 7. Empty space; vacuity. Obsolete. rare.
a. The fact of an office or post becoming or being vacant; the time during which the vacancy lasts. Obsolete.Chiefly in ecclesiastical use: see (a).
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society > authority > office > [noun] > vacancy of an office
vacationc1425
vacance1579
sede vacante1589
vacancy1607
avoidance1660
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > office of > vacancy of
vacationc1425
(a)
(b)1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis D ij All castels & holdes were surrendred to him as to the superior lord in the tyme of vacation.1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj That he shall ratifie that which was done in the vacation of thempire, by the countie Palatine.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxii. §11. 557 But we are now arriued at a meere vacation, wherein the Crowne of Iuda laie voide eleuen whole yeares.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 89 This commonly they practise in euery such like vacation, which otherwise, they durst neuer attempt. 1912 Times 19 Dec. 11/4 The vacation of Sir Stuart Samuel's seat.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiii. 5897 In til a wacacione Þai walde noucht mak electione Twys.
1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 247/1 Of all..voidaunce of Bisshopriches, Abbeys and Prioryes, tyme of vacation [etc.].
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §16 All..licences..shall (during the vacation of the same see) be..graunted vnder the name and seale of the gardiane of the spiritualities.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxvjv Bishopprickes aboute .lxxxxvi, by the vacations whereof, as they terme it, is caried to Rome a wonderful some of gold.
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. xxiv. 244 If it fall out that the Archbishop of Canterburie be not there, by the vacation of his See, then the Archbishop of Yorke is to take his place.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 71 Certain lands assumed by the Queen from some Bishopricks during their vacation.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation vi. 98 All arrearages of subsidies and tenths past in the days of their predecessors, and in times of vacation.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > a vacancy
vacation1535
vacand1567
vacancy1693
opening1752
1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 398 I hertely desyre & pray you..to graunt vnto the said Robert the next vacacion of one of the iiii Clarkes of that your courte.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [noun] > fact of being unoccupied
vacation1479
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > arising from unoccupied house or land
vacation1479
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > fact of house being unoccupied
vacation1479
1479–81 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 96 Vacacions. In primys, syr Rafis chambyr, voyde by ij quarters, the quarter at ij s iij d.
1479–81 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 192 Item, ffor the wacacion of the howse that Wylliam Raynsford dwellyd in, for iij quarters, xx s.
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the world > space > [noun] > unobstructed space
room1517
field room1575
field-roomth1612
vacation1743
open1771
1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 211 I am of Opinion nothing less than four or five Feet high Vacation ought to be allowed..in order to break the Force of such an Ebullition, by thus giving it Room enough to expand.
III. Senses relating to the action of voiding or vacating.† 8. The action of voiding or evacuating.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun] > action of excreting
sheddingc1200
flux1377
outputtinga1387
purgationa1387
avoidancea1398
voidance1398
evacuation?1533
spurging1548
emptying1552
vacuation1583
emunction1601
regurgitation1601
vacation1617
excretion1640
egestion1644
weeping1655
elimination1665
despumation1684
excreting1849
1617 G. Markham Cavelarice (new ed.) vii. xvi. 33 From fulnes, as from surfeit of meate or drink, or the want of vacation [1607 vacuation] of humors.
9. The action of vacating, of leaving (or being left) vacant or unoccupied.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office
cessationa1464
vacance1579
cession1608
cess1689
cesser1689
vacating1855
vacation1860
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > leaving or being left unoccupied
vacation1860
1860 Players 14 Apr. 121 Since Mr Kean's vacation of the Princess's, Miss Murray has joined the present company at the St. James's Theatre.
1876 W. C. Russell Is he Man? II. 2 The servants were ignorant of the true reason of old Mrs. Ransome's sudden vacation of the house.
1884 Manch. Examiner 29 May 5/2 The Viceroyalty of India..will then be on the point of vacation by the Marquis of Ripon.
1892 Sat. Rev. 22 Oct. 465/1 Seats chosen for vacation by the Gladstonians themselves.
Compounds
C1. attributive, as vacation-exercise, vacation-task, vacation-time, etc.
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society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework
lesson?c1225
renderc1380
vulgars1520
practicec1541
theme1545
example1562
tax1564
repetition1579
exercise1612
praxis1612
recreation1633
pensum1667
vacation-exercisea1668
version1711
task1737
thesisa1774
dictation1789
challenging1825
holiday task1827
devoir1849
homework1852
vulgus1857
cram-book1858
rep1858
banco1862
prep1866
classwork1867
preparation1875
work card1878
vacation-task1904
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let in Wks. (1673) 75 Good, Sir, no French translation till the Tearm; It is too precious for Vacation-ware.
1673 J. Milton Poems (new ed.) 64 (title) At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xlvii. 251 Every monday throughout the year, in vacation-time as well as in term-time.
1797 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 298 This Vacation exercise, the subject of which will be communicated to him at the usual time.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiii. 133 It is now vacation time, and I have come to town with the idea of holding lectures on the state of education.
1844 T. N. Talfourd (title) Vacation rambles and thoughts.
1894 Ld. Coleridge in Life (1904) II. xii. 382 I am smitten once more with the fate of Vacation Judge.
1904 ‘M. Y. Halidom’ Weird Transform. x. 84 What with his walks and his vacation tasks, small danger was apprehended.
C2.
vacation home n. U.S. a house used by the owner for holidays or at weekends (cf. holiday home n. (b) at holiday n. Compounds 3.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > summer house or holiday house
summer houseOE
pleasure house1590
mahal1610
aestivation1625
summer cottage1638
cottage1805
Swiss cottage1820
summer home1821
casita1822
chalet1853
bathing-box1883
rest home1889
dacha1896
housekeeping cottage1901
weekend cottage1911
weekender1921
bach1940
hafod1952
gite1964
getaway1968
vacation home1969
timeshare1974
share1984
1969 ‘E. Lathen’ When in Greece xiii. 146 The whole area is honeycombed with vacation homes.
1978 D. Williams Treasure up in Smoke iv. 40 A big-spending visitor who maintained a vacation home.
vacation job n. paid employment for a student during vacation from a university, polytechnic, etc.
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society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > vacation
vacation job1971
1971 Guardian 23 July 6/7 24,400 students registered for vacation jobs.
1977 D. James Spy at Evening x. 68 I had..managed to get a vacation job as reserve stoker in a block of flats.
vacation-land n. U.S. an area attracting holiday-makers.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > resort
holiday centrec1450
holiday resortc1450
summer resort1757
touring ground1858
vacation-land1927
getaway1968
1927 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 100 The glories of Yellowstone Park take on new meaning this year with our discovery of Gallatin Gateway! It is the great sensation of vacation~land.
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. iv. 18/1 The region is a vacationland of great variety. There are spas, county fairs, antiques and crafts shows, [etc.].
Derivatives
vaˈcation v. intransitive to take a vacation or holiday.
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society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > keep or take holiday
playa1387
ferie1496
to make holiday1526
vacant1752
pleasure1827
vacate1836
vacation1896
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > go on holiday or tour [verb (intransitive)]
village1819
tourize1837
vacation1896
weekend1901
1896 Advance (Chicago) 27 Aug. 273 Despite hard times, people will go vacationing.
vaˈcationer n. (a) originally U.S., a holiday-maker; (b) a vacation-student.
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society > leisure > [noun] > person(s) at leisure
holiday-woman1548
holiday-maker1792
the leisured class(es1848
vacationist1885
vacationer1890
lady (or woman) of leisure1948
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > part-time student
part-timer1886
vacationer1890
stop-out1906
sandwich boy1958
sandwich student1963
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist
tourist1780
holiday-maker1792
vacationist1885
vacationer1890
1890 Advance (Chicago) 28 Aug. The ‘swallows homeward fly’; and so, by sea and land, do vacationers and tourists.
1898 Atlantic Monthly 82 491/1 It did my vacationer's heart good to see men so cheerfully industrious.
1904 Middle Temple Rec., Min. Parl. I. 389 The following vacationers are fined 20s. each for absence from Mr. Daston's reading.
1961 Times 28 Nov. 13/7 The organized and the individual vacationers.
1967 Idle Moments (Austral.) Sept. 27/3 The vacationer's body also will have reduced metabolic needs which may take two or three weeks for adjustment.
vaˈcationing adj. and n. U.S.
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society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure
freeOE
restingOE
at leisurea1529
vacant1531
otious1614
unbended1693
unbending1701
picktootha1726
disengaged1836
otiant1845
otiose1850
eased1851
vacationing1926
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [adjective] > that is on holiday
vacationing1926
1926 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 7/2 Advice to vacationing young folks: In the dog days, don't be too Sirius.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 Jan. 8/2 (advt.) Off-the-Beaten Path names the really low cost Florida retirement and vacationing towns.
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. (Parade Suppl.) 13/1 Increasingly, vacationing Americans are taking to the woods, mountains, deserts and seashores.
vaˈcationist n. = vacationer n. (a).
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society > leisure > [noun] > person(s) at leisure
holiday-woman1548
holiday-maker1792
the leisured class(es1848
vacationist1885
vacationer1890
lady (or woman) of leisure1948
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist
tourist1780
holiday-maker1792
vacationist1885
vacationer1890
1885 Field 18 Apr. 511 The vacationist in quest of bracing air..will find in Tyrol many places to suit him.
1892 Field 2 July 25/2 Rivers..attractive to the summer vacationist.
vaˈcationless adj. having no vacation or holidays.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > fully or constantly > having no leisure
leisureless1536
unleisureda1586
vacationless1891
1891 Advance (Chicago) 25 June I dislike to go away leaving people vacationless who deserve an outing more than I do.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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