Hypertext Webster Gateway: "visitor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Visitor \Vis"it*or\ [Cf. F. visiteur.] [Written also {visiter}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
visitor
n : someone who visits [syn: {visitant}]
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