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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Tower}.] A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Turn}, v. t.] 1. A going round; a circuit; hence a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. --Milton. 2. A turn; a revolution; as the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore. 3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order a turn; as a tour of duty. Syn: Journey; excursion. See {Journey}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tour \Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toured}; p. pr & vb n. {Touring}.] To make a tourm; as to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tour n 1: an extended journey [syn: {circuit}] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: {go}, {spell}, {turn}] 3: a period of time spent in military service [syn: {enlistment}, {hitch}, {term of enlistment}, {tour of duty}, {duty tour}] v : make a tour of a certain place
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