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grand tour

  1. a tour of continental Europe formerly taken by young men of the British aristocracy to complete their education
  2. any tour like this
  3. a conducted inspection tour, as of a building

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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