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visitant

[viz-i-tuhnt]

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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.

adjective

visiting; paying a visit.

visitant

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪ��ə�Գ� /

noun

a supernatural being; ghost; apparition
a visitor or guest, usually from far away
a pilgrim or tourist
Also called: visitor.��a migratory bird that is present in a particular region only at certain times
a summer visitant

adjective

archaic��paying a visit; visiting

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visitant¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, visitant is from the Latin word ��ī��ٲ��Գ�- (stem of ��ī��Բ� ). See visit, -ant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visitant¹

C16: from Latin ��ī��Բ� going to see, from ��ī��; see _visit

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Synonym Study

See visitor.

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Example Sentences

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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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visitable visitation

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