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as in visitor
a person who visits another
the groundless theory that these ancient monuments were built by extraterrestrial visitants
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as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
a nocturnal visitant that must have been the shade of his late brother, crying out for vengeance against his murderers
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Recent Examples of visitant
The first 500 guests received a full-sized bottle of the Restoring Hair and Edge Drops while additional visitants received product samples.
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Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
This week’s visitant voter is Post reader Frank Kelly of Denver who, like Keeler and Schubert, tapped the Oregon Ducks with his No. 1 overall selection.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
This week’s visitant voter is Post reader Frank Kelly of Denver who, like Keeler and Schubert, tapped the Oregon Ducks with his No. 1 overall selection.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visitant
Noun
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At the Mütter, this has meant providing visitors with visual annotations to the existing collection in the form of green signs.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Sky Port Restaurant and Bar held its soft opening in late May and now welcomes visitors to its fine dining eatery located at 2619 West Taron Ct.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Venus reaches its point of greatest western elongation on June 1, at which time the dazzling 'morning star' will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth's sky during its pre-dawn apparition.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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The more apparitions that arrive, the more the Delta blues mashes up with hip-hop, rock, and other styles.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The staff, too, is just as lovely; manager Sua Lee is warm, knowledgable, and puts every guest as ease.—
Katie Chang,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Produced by Black Promoters Collective, The Boy Is Mine Tour will also feature an eye-popping lineup of special guests, including four-time Grammy winner Kelly Rowland, two-time Grammy winner Muni Long, and American Idol season 23 champ Jamal Roberts.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Even in areas where plaintiffs theoretically have power—say, in mass tort litigation—Gatsby’s ghost lingers.—
Aron Solomon
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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On the big screen, he's taken on a wide range of roles, from the titular antihero in Hellboy (2019) and a not-so-jolly Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022) to a friendly ghost dad in We Have a Ghost (2023) and a former race car driver in Gran Turismo (2023).—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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My ever-mutable container, my compact symmetrical spirit vehicle, nothing wasted, nothing lacking, like a dressmaker’s dummy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Although modern historians still debate the exact details of his role, Craig’s life story captures the entrepreneurial spirit, religious fervor, and frontier innovation that shaped early America and led to the creation of one of the world’s finest spirits.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Visitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitant. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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