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visitant

[ viz-i-tuhnt ]

noun

  1. a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
  2. a visitor to a place of religious or sight-seeing interest; pilgrim.
  3. a being believed to come from the spirit world:

    a ghostly visitant.

  4. something, as a mood, feeling, emotion, etc., that overtakes a person from time to time:

    Melancholy is an occasional visitant to all.

  5. a migratory bird that has come to a place temporarily.


adjective

  1. visiting; paying a visit.

visitant

/ ˈ±¹Éª³úɪ³ÙÉ™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. a supernatural being; ghost; apparition
  2. a visitor or guest, usually from far away
  3. a pilgrim or tourist
  4. Also calledvisitor a migratory bird that is present in a particular region only at certain times

    a summer visitant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaic.
    paying a visit; visiting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of visitant1

First recorded in 1590–1600, visitant is from the Latin word ±¹Ä«²õ¾±³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù- (stem of ±¹Ä«²õ¾±³ÙÄå²Ô²õ ). See visit, -ant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of visitant1

C16: from Latin ±¹Ä«²õ¾±³ÙÄå²Ô²õ going to see, from ±¹Ä«²õ¾±³ÙÄå°ù±ð; see visit
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Synonym Study

See visitor.
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I rang the bell, for I wanted a candle; and I wanted, too, to get an account of this visitant.

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One difference was that Lucian’s visitants usually took off their clothes.

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At Clear Lake, the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.

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It’s another rare visitant — it last left home at Amherst College in 1986 — and it’s almost a shock to see how small it is: pocket-size, like a holy card or a talisman.

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At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.

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