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visitant

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vis·i·tant  (vz-tnt)
n.
1. A visitor; a guest.
2. A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
3. A migratory bird that stops in a particular place for a limited period of time.
adj.
Visiting.

[Latin visitns, visitant-, present participle of visitre, to go to see; see visit.]

visitant [ˈvɪzɪtənt]
n
1. a supernatural being; ghost; apparition
2. a visitor or guest, usually from far away
3. a pilgrim or tourist
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also called visitor a migratory bird that is present in a particular region only at certain times a summer visitant
adj
Archaic paying a visit; visiting
[from Latin vīsitāns going to see, from vīsitāre; see visit]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.visitantvisitant - someone who visits                  
traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
boulevardier - a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)
caller, company - a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
guest, invitee - a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
visiting fireman - an important or distinguished visitor


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"They have taken all we have," replied the People - "excepting," they added, noting the suggestive visitant - "excepting our hope in heaven.
It lasted while this visitant, at all events--and there was a touch of the strange freedom, as I remember, in the sign of familiarity of his wearing no hat--seemed to fix me, from his position, with just the question, just the scrutiny through the fading light, that his own presence provoked.
Her friendliness, and utter unreserve, took me aback for a moment; yet there was no touch of forwardness, or boldness, about the child for child, almost, she seemed to be: I guessed her at scarcely over twenty--all was the innocent frankness of some angelic visitant, new to the ways of earth and the conventionalisms or, if you will, the barbarisms--of Society.
 
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