visitor
n. countablen. someone who goes to see a person or a place for a short time. You are a visitor when you stay at a hotel or go to a friend's house.
n. a person who visits a specific person, place, or institution for a limited duration. Often used in legal or official contexts to describe someone who has permission to enter a property but does not reside there.
The museum welcomes every visitor with a free map.
The hospital allows one visitor per patient during the afternoon hours to ensure everyone gets enough rest.
The historic estate remains closed to the general public, though a pre-arranged visitor may gain entry for academic research or architectural study.
Partly from Middle English visiter, visitere, equivalent to visit + -er; and partly from Middle English visitour, from Anglo-Norman visitour, from Old French visetëor. By surface analysis, visit + -or.
Commonly paired with the verbs 'receive', 'welcome', or 'expect'.