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vis⋅i⋅tor
[viz-i-ter] 
–noun
| a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME visitour < AF; OF visiteor < LL vīsitātor, equiv. to L vīsitā(re) to visit + -tor -tor
1400–50; late ME visitour < AF; OF visiteor < LL vīsitātor, equiv. to L vīsitā(re) to visit + -tor -tor
Synonyms:
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 esp. to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being: a warbler as a visitant.
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 esp. to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being: a warbler as a visitant.
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| vis·i·tor (vĭz'ĭ-tər) n. One that visits: Sunday afternoon visitors; lost the game to the visitors. |
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Visitor
Vis"it*or\ [Cf. F. visiteur.] [Written also visiter.]1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors." --Shak. 2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2. The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. --Blackstone.
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Language Translation for : visitor
Spanish:
visita, invitado,
German:
der, *die Besucher(in),
Japanese:
訪問客
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