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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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}, verb (used with an object), 2, and {Visitation}, noun, 2.
The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
visitor
noun: someone who visits [syn: {visitant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "visitor": Big Brother, aficionado, arrival, attender, audience, auditor, boatswain, boss, buff, caller, chief, comer, company, comptroller, controller, entrant, examinant, examiner, fan, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, freeloader, frequenter, gaffer, ganger, gate-crasher, guest, guests, habitue, haunter, head, headman, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, inspector, intruder, investigator, monitor, moocher, newcomer, noncommissioned officer, observer, overman, overseer, patron, proctor, scrutineer, settler, sirdar, slave driver, spectator, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, taskmaster, tester, theatergoer, uninvited guest, visitant, visitator
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