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visitants

noun

plural of visitant
1
as in visitors
a person who visits another the groundless theory that these ancient monuments were built by extraterrestrial visitants

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2
as in spirits
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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  1. visitors
  2. spirits
  3. guests
  4. apparitions
  5. ghosts
Noun
  • Later that day, The Times asked visitors to share their impressions of a museum that, until now, has lived largely in the imaginations of fans and in abundant social media posts online.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland remain the main source markets, with the help of charter flights and direct links, although Italian visitors increased by fifteen percent over the first half of the year compared to last year.
    — Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of visitors
Noun
  • There was a famous movie in the ’80s called ‘The Entity,’ a horror movie where a woman is visited by spirits and has sex with them.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • These adaptogenics also cost as much, if not more, than alcoholic spirits, such as Three Spirit, which incorporates ingredients such as guayusa (stimulating effects), damiana (aphrodisiac effects) and valerian (stress-relieving effects).
    — Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • There's no cell signal and no real Wi-Fi to speak of—though guests can request a work-around if truly desperate.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Gina Gershon, Julianna Margulies, Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas, Edmund Donovan, and Juliana Canfield—in vintage Tom Ford-era Yves Saint Laurent—were also amongst the 700 guests who filed into the packed house.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of guests
Noun
  • That is, until miraculous apparitions turn it into a place to be.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Definition of apparitions
Noun
  • My aunties are more straightforward, seeing ghosts, that kind of thing.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Back to the ghosts Zwicker also is the author of books about haunted places in New England.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Visitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visitants. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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