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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that visits.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who visits.
  • noun A superior or person authorized to visit a corporation or any institution, for the purpose of seeing that the laws and regulations are observed, or that the duties and conditions prescribed by the founder or by law are duly performed or executed.
  • noun In zoology, a visitant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
  • noun Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
  • noun sports, usually in the plural Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
  • noun ufology An extraterrestrial being on Earth for any reason.
  • noun An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who visits

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