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[viz-i-tuhnt]

vis·it·ant

[viz-i-tuhnt]
noun
1.
a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
2.
a visitor to a place of religious or sight-seeing interest; pilgrim.
3.
a being believed to come from the spirit world: a ghostly visitant.
4.
something, as a mood, feeling, emotion, etc., that overtakes a person from time to time: Melancholy is an occasional visitant to all.
5.
a migratory bird that has come to a place temporarily.
adjective
6.
visiting; paying a visit.

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Visitant is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin vīsitant- (stem of vīsitāns). See visit, -ant


1. See visitor.

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visitant (ˈvɪzɪtənt)
 
n
1.  a supernatural being; ghost; apparition
2.  a visitor or guest, usually from far away
3.  a pilgrim or tourist
4.  Also called: visitor a migratory bird that is present in a particular region only at certain times: a summer visitant
 
adj
5.  archaic paying a visit; visiting
 
[C16: from Latin vīsitāns going to see, from vīsitāre; see visit]

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