Definitions for visitorˈvɪz ɪ tər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vis•i•torˈvɪz ɪ tər(n.)

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

Origin of visitor:

1400–50; late ME visitour < AF; OF visiteor < LL vīsitātor= L vīsitā(re) to visit+-tor -tor

Princeton's WordNet

  1. visitor, visitant(noun)

    someone who visits

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. visitor(noun)ˈvɪz ɪ tər

    sb who visits

    We have visitors this weekend.; visitors to the town/museum

Wiktionary

  1. visitor(Noun)

    Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

  2. visitor(Noun)

    Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.

  3. visitor(Noun)

    Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.

  4. Visitor(Noun)

    An overseer of some institutions such as cathedrals, colleges and hospitals etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Visitor(u)

    one who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship

  2. Visitor(u)

    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


Translations for visitor

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

visitor(noun)

a person who visits, socially or professionally

I'm expecting visitors from America; We're having visitors next week.

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