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visor (n.)
c. 1300, viser, "front part of a helmet," from Anglo-French viser, Old French visiere "visor" (13c.), from vis "face, appearance," from Latin visus "a look, vision," from past participle stem of videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"). Spelling shifted 15c. Meaning "eyeshade" is recorded from 1925.
updated on April 28, 2017
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Definitions of visor from WordNet
Dictionary entries near visor
vision
visionary
visit
visitation
visitor
visor
vista
Vistavision
visual
visualise
visualization