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View synonyms for visitor

visitor

[ viz-i-ter ]

noun

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


visitor

/ ˈvɪzɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who pays a visit; caller, guest, tourist, etc
  2. another name for visitant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • pre·visi·tor noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of visitor1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English visitour, from Anglo-French; Old French visiteor, from Late Latin vīsitātor, equivalent to Latin vīsitā(re) “to go to see, visit” ( visit ) + -tor -tor
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Synonym Study

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 especially to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being: a warbler as a visitant.
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Example Sentences

Medtail joins another category of tenants intended to attract visitors known as experiential retail, which has also surged in popularity since the pandemic as people eager to amuse themselves among friends sought out group activities.

New hotels are also being built and the port is being redeveloped so cruise ships can dock there to accommodate excess visitors.

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He said the process would enable visitors the increasingly rare experience of looking “face-to-face at something that is truly wild.”

Cantona and contemporary artist Ryan Gander will highlight the effects of fame on players with an art installation that literally puts a spotlight on visitors and follows their movements through the gallery.

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United say the entire project has the potential to create 92,000 new jobs, will involve the construction of 17,000 homes and bring an additional 1.8 million visitors to the area annually.

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