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visitant
[ viz-i-tuhnt ]
noun
- a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
- a visitor to a place of religious or sight-seeing interest; pilgrim.
- a being believed to come from the spirit world:
a ghostly visitant.
- something, as a mood, feeling, emotion, etc., that overtakes a person from time to time:
Melancholy is an occasional visitant to all.
- a migratory bird that has come to a place temporarily.
visitant
/ ˈ±¹Éª³úɪ³ÙÉ™²Ô³Ù /
noun
- a supernatural being; ghost; apparition
- a visitor or guest, usually from far away
- a pilgrim or tourist
- Also calledvisitor a migratory bird that is present in a particular region only at certain times
a summer visitant
adjective
- archaic.paying a visit; visiting
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of visitant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I rang the bell, for I wanted a candle; and I wanted, too, to get an account of this visitant.
One difference was that Lucian’s visitants usually took off their clothes.
At Clear Lake, the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.
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.
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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