tour guide

noun

: a person who takes people on trips through an area and explains the interesting details about it

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That pretty much describes most of the characters in Jurassic Park III, in which hero paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) reluctantly signs on to be an aerial tour guide of Isla Sorna, only to find himself on the ground and participating in the search for some missing persons. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 July 2025 Today, selling technology—and AI, in particular—is like being a tour guide in a city where everyone already has GPS. Aman Rangrass, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Feli Hofner is Cincinnati's German tour guide There is no such thing as a typical day for Hofner. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Having enlisted the help of ocean tour guide Jack Bonner (Guttenberg), the aliens prepare the cocoons' occupants for the long voyage home by submerging them in a swimming pool charged with restorative life force. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tour guide

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“Tour guide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20guide. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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