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visitant Definition

vis·it·ant (viz′ə tənt)

noun

  1. a visitor, esp. one from a strange or foreign place
  2. a supernatural visitor; ghost, phantom, etc.
  3. Zool. a migratory bird in any of its temporary resting places

Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr < L visitans, prp. of visitare: see visit

adjective

Archaic paying a visit

visitant Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • nightly: If only you knew what the nightly visitant is!
visitant Quotes

Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze, Avisitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half conscious of the joy it brings From the green fields, and from yon azure sky. Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come To none more grateful than to me; escaped From the vast city, where I long had pined A discontented sojourner: now free, Free as a bird to settle where I will.

—Wordsworth,William