visitor
noun /ˈvɪzɪtə(r)/
/ˈvɪzɪtər/
- a person who visits a person or place
- We've got visitors coming this weekend.
- Do you get many visitors?
- The theme park attracts 2.5 million visitors a year.
- visitor to something She's a frequent visitor to the US.
- We have been regular visitors to the island for 20 years.
- visitor from something The festival draws visitors from all over the world.
- a visitor centre/attraction
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1- First-time visitors to Spain are often surprised by how late people eat.
- I could see he was expecting visitors.
- Pick up a free map of the town from the visitor centre.
- The college only admits visitors in organized groups.
- The festival brings 5 000 visitors to the town every year.
- The front room was used mainly for entertaining visitors.
- The lack of facilities in the town may deter the casual visitor.
- The latest crime figures are likely to put off prospective visitors to the city.
- The museum gives visitors a glimpse of the composer's life.
- The town has much to interest the visitor.
- Visitors are invited to browse around the farm site.
- Visitors flocked to see the show.
- Visitors from Ireland will find much that reminds them of home.
- He introduced his companion, a visitor from the US.
- He is still in hospital and is not well enough to receive visitors.
- He was a frequent visitor to the house in Wimpole Street.
- I'm expecting visitors this evening.
- The castle is the main attraction for visitors.
- The family rarely had visitors.
- The hotel is popular with business visitors and tourists.
- The mild climate allows visitors to enjoy golf all year round.
- The palace is open to visitors from April to September.
- There has been a drop in visitor numbers.
- There was nowhere in the house for them to entertain visitors.
- They publish a guide to Europe for overseas visitors.
- Visitors flock to the town every summer.
- When I arrived home there was an unexpected visitor waiting for me.
- You can watch a film about the history of the site in the visitor centre.
- You've got a visitor!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- frequent
- regular
- occasional
- …
- get
- have
- receive
- …
- come
- flock
- turn up
- …
- bureau
- centre/center
- attraction
- …
- encourage visitors to do something
- invite visitors to do something
- give visitors something
- …
- visitor from
- visitor to
- visitor (to something) (computing) a person who looks at a website on the internet
- How can we attract more visitors to our website?
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French visitour, from Old French visiter or Latin visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’.