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vacationist

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va⋅ca⋅tion

  [vey-key-shuhn, vuh-]
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–noun
1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
2. a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.
3. freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.
4. an act or instance of vacating.
–verb (used without object)
5. to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L vacātiōn- (s. of vacātiō freedom from something; see vacate, -ion ); r. ME vacacioun < AF

Related forms:
va⋅ca⋅tion⋅er, va⋅ca⋅tion⋅ist, noun
va⋅ca⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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va·ca·tion·ist   (vā-kā'shə-nĭst, və-)   
n.  One who is on vacation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: va·ca·tion
Function: noun
1 : a period in which activity or work is suspended; specifically : an interval between judicial terms
2 : an act or instance of vacating <vacation of a judgment>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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