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visitant

visitant

1 9.8
A person who goes to a place to see people or things, often in old writing
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪzɪtənt/
  • Archaic
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  • And what do you make of our royal visitant?

Examples

  • The distinguished visitant addressed the audience with a captivating speech.

  • And what do you make of our royal visitant?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Therefore, my visitant was no physician.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The bishop and all his suite exhorted the lad not to be a fool, to speak sense, and to give this unholy congregation of visitants whatever it took to effect their banishment.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The only way I know how to be whole is to remain—in some sense, and on some days—unhealed, and to feel in some way still open by his loss and to the vesper of faith the visitant of sorrow whispers, which is this:

    Blog text (18)

  • As a curious visitant to the historic site, she took numerous photographs.

  • The art gallery welcomed the visitant with a complimentary brochure.

Synonyms

visitor
vsvisitant
908 1.0

A person who goes to a place for a short time to see someone or something

is used in more formal or literary contexts rather than casual social visits
visitator
vsvisitant
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who visits a place for a short time

is the standard, formal or literary term rather than an archaic rare form

Surface Forms

visitant singular
visitants plural

Morphology

visitant = visit (semi-transparent) = visit + ant

Formally 'visit' + '-ant' yields 'one who visits', but '-ant' is a somewhat formal/rare agentive suffix in modern English, so learners may not immediately recognize it.

Etymology

Visitant comes from the old Latin word visitare, which means 'to go and see', and it shares the common English root visit you already know. The ending -ant means 'one who', like in assistant, so a visitant is literally 'one who visits' and today often means a guest or a mysterious visitor.