visitors
English meaning: Visitors
Definition
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Example
“All visitors must sign in at reception before entering the building.”
Another example: “The museum attracts thousands of visitors every summer.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A common, neutral plural noun for people who visit a place, event, person or website. Used in tourism, hospitality, healthcare and web analytics ('site visitors').
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Anglo-Norman 'visitour', from Latin 'visitare' ('to go to see'), with the agent suffix, from the 14th century.
Related Words
Common Collocations
- foreign visitors
- welcome visitors
- hospital visitors
- first-time visitors
- visitors centre
- unique visitors
Word Forms
visit (v); visitor (n); visitors (pl)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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