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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•zor /ˈvaɪzɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Heraldryvisor.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•zor (vī′zər),USA pronunciation n., v.t. - Clothing, Heraldryvisor.
vi′zor•less, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vizor /ˈvaɪzə/ n , vb - a variant spelling of visor
vi•sor also vi•zor /ˈvaɪzɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothingthe projecting front brim of a cap.
- Automotivea flap, mounted over the windshield on the inside of an automobile, that is used to shield the eyes from glare.
- Heraldrythe front piece on a medieval helmet, often being movable and having slits for vision.
See -vis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•sor (vī′zər),USA pronunciation n. - Heraldry[Armor.]
- (on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver. See diag. under close helmet.
- a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- Clothingthe projecting front brim of a cap.
- Automotivea rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
- a means of concealment;
disguise.
v.t. - to protect or mask with a visor;
shield.
Also, vizor. - Anglo-French (compare Old French visiere), equivalent. to vis face (see visage) + -er -er2
- Middle English viser 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: visor, vizor /ˈvaɪzə/ n - a transparent flap on a helmet that can be pulled down to protect the face
- a piece of armour fixed or hinged to the helmet to protect the face and with slits for the eyes
- another name for peak
- a small movable screen used as protection against glare from the sun, esp one attached above the windscreen of a motor vehicle
- archaic or literary a mask or any other means of disguise or concealment
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French viser, from Old French visiere, from vis face; see visageˈvisored, ˈvizored adj |