visitant

UK: /ˈvɪzɪtənt/ US: (viz′i tənt)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

vis•it•ant  (viz′i tənt), n. 

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.

adj. 

6. visiting;
   paying a visit.

• Latin vīsitant- (stem of vīsitāns). See visit, -ant
• 1590–1600

Synonyms

• 1. See visitor. 

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visitant / ˈvɪzɪtənt/ noun

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

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin vīsitāns going to see, from vīsitāre; see visit