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tour

  [toor]
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–noun
1. a traveling around from place to place.
2. a long journey including the visiting of a number of places in sequence, esp. with an organized group led by a guide.
3. a brief trip through a place, as a building or a site, in order to view or inspect it: The visiting prime minister was given a tour of the chemical plant.
4. a journey from town to town to fulfill engagements, as by a theatrical company or an entertainer: to go on tour; a European concert tour.
5. a period of duty at one place or in one job.
–verb (used without object)
6. to travel from place to place.
7. to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements.
–verb (used with object)
8. to travel through (a place).
9. to send or take (a theatrical company, its production, etc.) from town to town.
10. to guide (someone) on a tour: He toured us through the chateaus of the Loire Valley.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (n.) < MF < L tornus < Gk tórnos tool for making a circle. See turn

Synonyms:
2. trip, expedition. 6, 8. visit.
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La Tour

  [lah toor; Fr. la toor]
–noun
Georges de  [zhawrzh duh] , 1593–1652, French painter.
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tour   (tŏŏr)   
n.  

  1. A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.

  2. A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.

  3. A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it: a tour of the house.

  4. A journey to fulfill a round of engagements in several places: a pianist on a concert tour.

  5. A shift, as in a factory.

  6. A period of duty at a single place or job.

  7. Sports A series of professional tournaments, as in golf.

v.   toured, tour·ing, tours

v.   intr.

  1. To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure.

  2. To travel among various places while fulfilling engagements.

v.   tr.

  1. To make a tour of: toured Europe last summer; officials touring the scene of the disaster.

  2. To present (a play, for example) on a tour.


[Middle English, a turn, from Old French (influenced by tourner, to turn about), from Latin tornus, lathe; see turn.]
tour'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tour  (n.)
c.1320, "a turn, a shift on duty," from O.Fr. tour, tourn "a turn, trick, round, circuit, circumference," from torner, tourner "to turn," from L. tornare "to polish, round off, fashion, turn on a lathe" (see turn). Sense of "a traveling around, journey" is first recorded 1643. The verb is attested from 1746. Tourist is first attested 1780; tourist trap attested from 1939 in Graham Greene; tourism is from 1811. Tour de force "feat of strength" is 1802, from Fr., from force "strength." Tour de France is recorded from 1922. The Grand Tour, a journey through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy formerly was the finishing touch in the education of a gentleman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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