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visitor

[ viz-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.


visitor

/ ˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. a person who pays a visit; caller, guest, tourist, etc
  2. another name for visitant
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Other Word Forms

  • ·i·ٴǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of visitor1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English visitour, from Anglo-French; Old French visiteor, from Late Latin īٴǰ, equivalent to Latin ī() “to go to see, visit” ( visit ) + -tor -tor
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Synonym Study

Visitor, caller, guest, visitant are terms for a person who comes to spend time with or stay with others, or in a place. A visitor often stays some time, for social pleasure, for business, sightseeing, etc.: a visitor at our neighbor's house. A caller comes for a brief (usually) formal visit: The caller merely left her card. A guest is anyone receiving hospitality, and the word has been extended to include anyone who pays for meals and lodging: a welcome guest; a hotel guest. Visitant applies especially to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being: a warbler as a visitant.
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Hall ran in Saracens' first try in the right corner after a period of pressure from the visitors, finishing up after Daly's great, 20-yard pass.

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There could also be some sightings of rare visitors such as the exotic European bee-eater, which have recently begun nesting in the UK.

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When he applied for a visitor's visa, he was turned down due to financial circumstances.

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Accommodation BID, which also represents serviced apartment providers in Liverpool, thinks the levy will raise £9.2m over two years, of which £6.7m will go towards supporting the city's visitor economy.

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A day before he was delivered the summons in hospital, he recorded a live YouTube broadcast from his hospital bed with three of his sons, despite a doctor's recommendation not to have visitors.

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