visitor

CEFRA1

/ˈvɪzɪtə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Someone who goes to a person or place for a short time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • He is a frequent visitor to this country.

  • You should prepare a room for the visitor.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.

More examples

In context

  • The visitor sat across from me.

  • The visitor in Man Facing South-east claims pure altruism; Rantes (Hugo Soto) wants to alleviate the suffering of the poor and helpless.

  • "'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door— / Only this, and nothing more."

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Partly from Middle English visiter, visitere, equivalent to visit + -er; and partly from Middle English visitour, from Anglo-Norman visitour, from Old French visetëor. By surface analysis, visit + -or.