holiday camp

English

Noun

holiday camp (plural holiday camps)

1. (British) An enclosed resort providing accommodation (often in chalets) and entertainment, generally aimed at families.
   • 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The history of these televised contests can be, in part, traced back to holiday camps, according to Annette Hill, professor of media and communication at Lund University, Sweden: "The best talent shows are great entertainment, full of warmth and empathy," she says. "If you look back at Butlins in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s, it was mainly a working-class holiday camp that offered a whole entertainment experience and at the heart of it were the people known as the Red Coats, who had to provide a warmth of atmosphere."

Translations

Enclosed resort providing accommodation and entertainment, generally aimed at families

• French: camp de vacances (fr) m
• German: Ferienlager (de) n
• Irish: campa saoire m

See also

• summer camp