visitor
/ˈvɪzɪtə/
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Also seen as: visitors
Sense 1
Meaning · English
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Noun
Examples
He ventured to raise his eyes again, and found his supernatural visitor confronting him in an erect attitude, with its chain wound over and about its arm.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
Noun
Examples
Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “visitor” mean?
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Is “visitor” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.