visitor

A2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled wisitors

US /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ UK /ˈvɪzɪtə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4670

Meanings

1

noun
Someone who comes to see a person or stays as a guest.

We had a visitor for dinner last night.
2

noun
Someone who comes to a place or event, such as a tourist.

The museum welcomes thousands of visitors each year.
3

noun
A player or team playing away from their home ground.

The visitors scored late in the second half.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · someone who comes to see a... visitant

Word family

Forms visitorsvisitress

Derived forms visitorship

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Phrases (1)

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foreign visitor
a visitor who comes from another country

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

visiter Middle English visitour Middle English visetëor Old French

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# visitor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɪzɪtə/
**Frequency rank:** 4670

## Meanings
1. Someone who comes to see a person or stays as a guest.
2. Someone who comes to a place or event, such as a tourist.
3. A player or team playing away from their home ground.

## Examples
- We had a visitor for dinner last night.
- The museum welcomes thousands of visitors each year.
- The visitors scored late in the second half.

## Synonyms
- visitant

## Derived Forms
- visitorship

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: visiter
- Root: visitour
- Root: visetëor

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Visitor: 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. Important historical forms include Middle English visiter, Middle English visitour, Anglo-Norman visitour, and Old French visetëor. In present-day use, it can mean someone who comes to see a person or stays as a guest, or someone who comes to a place or event, such as a tourist. Derived formations include visitorship.

## Topics
- People & Society

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