distinguished visitor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistinguishedandvisitor
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distinguished
adjective
uk/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/us/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/
used to describe a respected and admired person, or ...
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visitor
noun[C]
uk/ˈvɪz.ɪ.tər/us/ˈvɪz.ɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone who visits a person ...
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(Definition ofdistinguishedandvisitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdistinguished visitor
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I am told that we have adistinguishedvisitorin the official gallery.
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That was by adistinguishedvisitorto a class of 16-year-olds.
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I understand that we meet in the presence of a verydistinguishedvisitor.
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He was here purely as adistinguishedvisitor, to look at the situation.
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It is simply an act of courtesy to adistinguishedvisitor.
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But it has happened three times to a verydistinguishedvisitor.
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I very much regret anything of that kind being said about adistinguishedvisitorto this country.
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We should welcome ourdistinguishedvisitorproperly.
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There was a verydistinguishedvisitorexpected, and the bards were all invited to be there to do honour to the expected guest.
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He joined the faculty of arts and science as the dean'sdistinguishedvisitorin theatre, film, music and visual studies.
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Does he have some travel plans or is he entertaining some distinguished visitors?
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I should like to take this opportunity to welcome to the official gallery a number of distinguished visitors here with us today.
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We have done everything possible to thank distinguished visitors to this country for the gifts that have been sent.
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I think this affords a very good opportunity to have some explanation about the distinguished visitors whose pictures we saw in the papers this morning.
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Lectures will be given by distinguished visitors.
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It would, for instance, dearly be invidious to expect distinguished visitors who are here primarily for our benefit and not their own, to pay a fee on temporary registration.
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There have been many distinguished visitors to the hospital; they have been deeply moved by the plight of the people there.
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Distinguished visitors began to visit from all over the country.
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The wing hosted multiple distinguished visitors in 1989.
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These events include and not limited to music concerts, felicitations to distinguished visitors, fund-raisings, etc.
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