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See also: Visor and ViSOR

English

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Etymology

From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.

Pronunciation

Noun

visor (plural visors)

  1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
    Coordinate terms: bevor, buffe
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7:
      A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
  2. A mask for the face.
    • 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act IV, scene IV, line 44:
      No visor does become black villainy
      So well as soft and tender flattery.
  3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
  4. A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.

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Verb

visor (third-person singular simple present visors, present participle visoring, simple past and past participle visored)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.
    Antonym: unvisor
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Latin

Etymology

From videō (“to see, look; watch, observe”) +‎ -tor, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vīsor m (genitive vīsōris); third declension

  1. (very rare) one who sees, looks at, watches: a viewer, watcher
    • 386 CE – 387 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Against the Academics 2.7.19:
      Quid enim, si ille fratris mei visor fama compertum habeat eum esse similem patris, potest insanus aut ineptus esse, si credit?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 672 CE – 735 CE, Beda Presbyter, De libro Psalmorum 6:
      Injusti quidem dicunt, quia non est Deus, sed mentiuntur, quia quis, id est, aliquis dabit salutare, id est, salvationem aeternam Israel; facto ex Sion, id est, his qui adeo proficiunt in speculatione, ut tandem gaudeant visione. Nunc enim sumus Sion, id est, speculatores, tandem erimus Israel, id est, perventores et visores; […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (disputed, only attested in a gloss in Tacitus) one who scouts, explores; one who performs reconnaissance; a scout
    Synonym: explōrātor
  3. (Medieval Latin, law, in the plural) an eyewitness
    Hypernym: testis
    Coordinate term: audītor (“earwitness”)
    • Chartularium Werthinense 7:
      Ego Thiatbaldus humilis presbyter rogatus scripsi et subscripsi. Isti sunt visores et auditores: Signum Folchardi, Gerhardi, Wifel et Helmberti, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (Medieval Latin) an official appointed by a king who would look over the forests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Verb

vīsor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of vīsō (“to view, look into, stare at; go see, visit”)

References

  • “visor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “visor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1684.
  • visor in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3519
  • "visores", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

visor f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa
  2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈsoɾ/ [biˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: vi‧sor

Noun

visor m (plural visores)

  1. visor

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

visor

  1. indefinite plural of visa

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