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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


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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