visitant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: vis=i=tant

CIDE DICTIONARY

visitant, n. [L. visitans, -antis; p. pr.: cf. F. visitant.].

 One who visits; a guest; a visitor.  [1913 Webster]
"When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger."  [1913 Webster]

visitant, a. 

 Visiting.  Wordsworth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

visitant, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a visitor, esp. a supposedly supernatural one.
2 = VISITOR 2.
--adj. archaic or poet. visiting.

Etymology

F visitant or L visitare (as VISIT)