visitor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   We had a visitor for dinner last night.

2. 2
   noun

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

   The museum welcomes thousands of visitors each year.

3. 3
   noun

   A player or team playing away from their home ground.

   The visitors scored late in the second half.

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.

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