I am looking for a generic word for a person who is being visited. The opposite of visitor according to thesaurus.com is host. That's not what I'm looking for. A couple examples: an employee being visited by a guest; a student being visited by their parent at school. I can't think of anything except "visitee" and I couldn't find it officially used anywhere.
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1‘The visited’? Depending on your context and level of formality, you could always just go ahead and use ‘visitee’. It might not be in the dictionaries, but it's a perfectly plain, clear, immediately understandable, and unambiguous word. In an informal context, I'd have no qualms whatsoever in using it.– Janus Bahs JacquetJan 17, 2014 at 1:47
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It's less common these days, but visitors may also be referred to as callers. In programming, caller has a somewhat different meaning - it's a piece of code that calls (invokes) other code. Often that "other code" is called a subroutine, especially if it's called by several "higher-level" sections of code. But increasingly it's convenient to refer to the two elements in the interaction as caller and callee.– FumbleFingersJan 17, 2014 at 5:12
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What is wrong with using host?– Kit Z. Fox ♦Jan 17, 2014 at 13:59
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2Host doesn't work. We are talking of an ad hoc visit, not a response to an invitation. The antonym of 'host' is 'guest'. I thing the best idea so far is that of Janus above - 'the visited'. as for his other suggestion 'visitee', I would only use it with a hint of irony.– WS2Jan 17, 2014 at 17:13
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A person may be visited. But also a place may be visited. Should your word apply in that case?– GEdgarDec 30, 2015 at 0:43
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From Collins English Dictionary
visitee - noun - a person who is visited
And from WordPlays
visitee - noun - the person to whom a visit is made
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You wouldn't be the only one @WS2. That's the only dictionary i know to have "visitee". But it seems so logical and intuitive that i'd not hesitate to use it on all my visitors and visitees over the coming months!– Martin FJan 17, 2014 at 15:30
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That's amazing! I've looked all over and been using that word for quite a while now, but gave up because I couldn't find it officially used anywhere. Thanks!– UxonithJan 17, 2014 at 17:35
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I think I've decided I will just use visitee. According to Merriam-Webster.com, the best way to get a word into their dictionary is to just use it. Since I have no other word to use, I guess I will just try to promote usage of the word.– UxonithJan 17, 2014 at 17:39
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Great. You and I are the Visitees -- lesser known than the Visigoths -- but we always have a hot pot of tea ready!– Martin FJan 17, 2014 at 17:47