visitor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who visits
    visitant.

WordNet


Vis"it*or
Etymology
Cf. F. visiteur.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913