Definitions for visitor
ˈvɪz ɪ tərvis·i·tor

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. visitor, visitant(noun)

   someone who visits

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Visitor

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

2. Visitor

   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

Origin: [Cf. F. visiteur.]

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1. Visitor

   A Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution. These institutions mainly comprise cathedrals, chapels, colleges, universities and hospitals. The British sovereign, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chief Justice, peers, and diocesan bishops are the most common Visitors, though any person or office-holder can be nominated. The Queen usually delegates her visitatorial functions to the Lord Chancellor. During the reform of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 19th century, Parliament ordered Visitations to the universities to make inquiries and to reform the university and college statutes. Bishops are usually the Visitors to their own cathedrals. There is a ceremonial element to the role and the Visitor may also be called upon to give advice where an institution expresses doubt as to its powers under its charter and statutes. However, the most important function of the Visitor was within academic institutions, where the Visitor had to determine disputes arising between the institution and its members. Traditionally the courts have been exempted from any jurisdiction over student complaints. There had been much speculation that this contravened the Human Rights Act 1998. However in 2004 the Higher Education Act transferred the jurisdiction of the Visitor over student complaints in English and Welsh universities to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visitor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4128

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'visitor' in Nouns Frequency: #668

How to pronounce visitor?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of visitor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of visitor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of visitor in a Sentence

1. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   History will prove who is the visitor and who is the genuine host.

2. Laura Lane Welch Bush:

   This will always be a place that welcomes each visitor with open arms.

3. Dinesh Kumar:

   There has been a 60% decline in visitor footfalls in December this year.

4. William S. Burroughs:

   After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I want to see the manager.

5. William S. Burroughs:

   After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager."

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