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visitant (iou)



visitant noun & adjective. L16.
[French, pres. pple of visiter, or Latin visitant- pres. ppl stem of visitare: see VISIT verb, -ANT1.]
A. noun.
A person who visits a place, another person, etc.; a visitor, now esp. a supernatural one. L16.
T. Jefferson Not written by a Virginian, but a visitant from another State. T. C. Wolfe Suddenly Cook appeared like a spectral visitant.
A thing which affects or comes to a person, esp. for a temporary period. M18.
L. Strachey Her smile, so rare a visitant to those saddened features.
= VISITOR 4b. L18.
b. adjective. Of the nature of a visitant; visiting. arch. or poet. M17.
A. Hecht Vapor, like a visitant ghost, Hovers above a lake..before the dawn.