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Meaning of "death tourist" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH TOURIST

death tourist


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH TOURIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Death tourist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH TOURIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of death tourist in the English dictionary

The definition of death tourist in the dictionary is a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH TOURIST

death mask · death metal · death notice · death penalty · death rate · death rattle · death ray · death roll · death row · death seat · death sentence · death squad · death tax · death threat · death throes · death toll · death trap · Death Valley · death warrant · death wish

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH TOURIST

acupuncturist · adventurist · agriculturist · behaviourist · caricaturist · Christ · colourist · culturist · denturist · eco-tourist · futurist · horticulturist · jurist · manicurist · miniaturist · naturist · pedicurist · purist · tourist · viticulturist · watercolourist

Synonyms and antonyms of death tourist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «death tourist» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DEATH TOURIST

Find out the translation of death tourist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of death tourist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death tourist» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

死亡旅游
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

turista muerte
570 millions of speakers
en

English

death tourist
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मौत पर्यटक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموت السياحية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

смерть туристов
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

morte de turista
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর পর্যটক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

touristique de la mort
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pelancong kematian
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Tod Touristen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

死亡観光客
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

죽음 관광
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Turis mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

du lịch chết
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இறப்பு சுற்றுலா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू पर्यटन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm turisti
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

turistico morte
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

turysta śmierć
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

смерть туристів
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

moarte turistic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θάνατο τουριστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood toeriste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

död turist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

død turist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death tourist

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH TOURIST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of death tourist
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death tourist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH TOURIST»

Discover the use of death tourist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to death tourist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lourdes Portillo: The Devil Never Sleeps and Other Films
Uh. young lady. I'm up at this age now. where I have to start worrying about death . Maybe this is a good idea. then. You now? I mean, this whole group, we are up the age we have to start worrying about death. Tourist man: They were poor.
Rosa Linda Fregoso, 2014
2
Weekly World News
CERTAIN DEATH: Tourist Daniel O'Brien dove into the massive, whirling blades of a jet engine. Space-age plastic made from mashed potatoes By CYNTHIA CARLSON Scientists have turned from their test tubes to mashing potatoes — in an ...
3
The Globalization of Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues
The fact that no UK citizen has yet been prosecuted for assisting the suicide ofa death tourist hints at the potential difficulties involved in bringing a successful prosecution in these cases. It is clear that defendants can be culpable for aiding and ...
I. Glenn Cohen, 2013
4
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
... recovery is nearly impossible and as a result of which impact with the ground is inevitable US, 1990 death tourist noun a person who travels to a country where euthanasia is legal for the purpose of achieving a medically assisted suicide US,  ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
5
Lonely Planet Pocket Beijing
When eating, don't point your chopsticks at people and don't stick them vertically in a bowl of rice; it's an omen of death. Tourist Information > Staff at the chain of Beijing Tourist Information Centers ( U 9am-5pm) around town generally have ...
Lonely Planet, David Eimer, 2013
6
Slum Tourism: Poverty, Power and Ethics
(Interviewer) Well, people living under plastic sheets, washing in sewers, no fresh water, very little food, disease, death. (Tourist) The interviews revealed that, predominantly, tourists participating in a Dharavi tour expected to see poverty.
Fabian Frenzel, Ko Koens, Malte Steinbrink, 2012
7
The Bronzes of Grand Junction
CYNIC Yeah, first God gives you breath, then a glimpse of liberty, then at some moment of whimsy, answers your prayers with death. TOURIST Maybe being bronzed in midair and condemned to this downtown mall forevermore is the real  ...
Richard Paul Haight, 2002
8
THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER: Aunt Lee’s Legacy:
The research center had changed remarkably since Dian's death. Tourist interaction was now encouraged, mainly for financial support. The once reclusive station was now renovated to accept tours with trained guides. Daily hikes deep into ...
Marie Therese, 2013
9
Nocturnes
Voodoo Ray Czabo was a death tourist from Maine, a haunter of crime scenes. He liked taking pictures of places in which people had died. When the cops were finished with their work, he would sometimes remove 'souvenirs' from the location  ...
John Connolly, 2010
10
100 Must-Read American Novels: Discover Your Next Great Read...
The novel's unnamed protagonist suffers from chronic insomnia and premillennial ennui, attending selfhelp groups for the terminally ill just to feel alive, where he meets another death-tourist, Marla Singer. He falls under the spell of Tyler ...
Nick Rennison, Ed Wood, 2010

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH TOURIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term death tourist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
250 at funeral for Laos boat death tourist Johanna Powell
Around 250 people have attended the funeral of a woman who died while on holiday in south-east Asia. BBC Wales picture editor Johanna ... «BBC News, May 15»
2
Elephant tramples to death tourist couple from Gujarat
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A tourist couple from Ahmedabad was trampled to death by a wild elephant while on a trekking session in Gavi in ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
3
Exit Strategy
The author also introduced me to a blackly humorous expression, “death tourist,” which refers to a person "visiting" a state to take advantage of ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 12»
4
Miami Beach's Troubled Police Force Pays Officers in the Six Figures
But he kept his job, and on June 14 last year, he shot to death tourist Husien Shehada outside Twist nightclub on Washington Avenue. «Broward New Times, Mar 10»
REFERENCE
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