Vĭs'it-or, n.

n. [Fr. visiteur, Pr. visi-tor.] [Written also visiter.]

1. One who visits, or who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship.
2. A superior, or person authorized to visit a corporation, or any institution, for the purpose of seeing that the laws and regulations are observed, or that the duties and conditions prescribed by the founder, or by law, are duly performed and executed.

The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. Blackstone.