Category:Visitor

Vis"it*or. Etym: [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.

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. The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. Blackstone.