backpackers
English
Noun
backpackers
- plural of backpacker
Noun
backpackers (plural backpackers)
- A hostel catering to backpackers.
- 2002, Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, and Paul Whitfield, New Zealand, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 790:
- If the place really appeals you can stay at the backpackers across the street […]
- 2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199:
- Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead.
- 2006, Byron Loker, New Swell, →ISBN, page 76:
- The girl's name was Sherry and she was from England and was staying at the backpackers' near the beach.
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Usage notes
- (hostel): Variously written with or without a final apostrophe, as "backpackers" or "backpackers'".
Alternative forms
- backpackers’
Translations
hostel — see hostel