visiter

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visiter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Visiter \Vis"it*er\, n.
     A visitor.
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  Visitor \Vis"it*or\ [Cf. F. visiteur.] [Written also visiter.]
     1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as
        in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors."
        --Shak.
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     2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the
        purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a
        corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and
        Visitation, n., 2.
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              The king is the visitor of all lay corporations.
                                                    --Blackstone.
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visiter - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  VISITER. An inspector of the government, of corporations or bodies politic. 
  1 Bl. Com. 482. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 7 Pick. 303; 12 Pick. 244.