visitor
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Visitor \Vis"it*or\ [Cf. F. visiteur.] [Written also {visiter}.]
1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as
in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the
purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a
corporation or an institution. See {Visit}, v. t., 2, and
{Visitation}, n., 2.
[1913 Webster]
The king is the visitor of all lay corporations.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "visitor":
Big Brother, aficionado, arrival, attender, audience, auditor,
boatswain, boss, buff, caller, chief, comer, company, comptroller,
controller, entrant, examinant, examiner, fan, floor manager,
floorman, floorwalker, foreman, freeloader, frequenter, gaffer,
ganger, gate-crasher, guest, guests, habitue, haunter, head,
headman, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, inspector, intruder,
investigator, monitor, moocher, newcomer, noncommissioned officer,
observer, overman, overseer, patron, proctor, scrutineer, settler,
sirdar, slave driver, spectator, straw boss, subforeman, super,
superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, taskmaster, tester,
theatergoer, uninvited guest, visitant, visitator
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