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VIZ-it-uh/ˈvɪzɪtə/

A visitor is a person who comes to see you or a place. Visit is the verb; visitor is the person (not visiter). A guest is often invited to your home; a tourist visits a city. Have visitors; a visitor to the museum. Countable: a visitor, visitors.

Meaning

A person who comes to see a person or a place.

Examples

• “We have visitors this evening.”
• “Visitors must sign in at the desk.”
• “We do not have visitors on Mondays.”

Good to know

have visitors / a visitor to + place. Verb: visit. Contrast: guest, tourist.

Near in meaning

guest

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