Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A piece projecting from the front of a cap or an elastic headband to shade or protect the eyes.
- n. A fixed or movable shield against glare attached above the windshield of an automotive vehicle.
- n. The front piece of the helmet of a suit of armor, capable of being raised and lowered and designed to protect the eyes, nose, and forehead.
- n. A means of concealment or disguise; a mask.
- v. To provide or protect with a visor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. etc. See vizor, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
- n. A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
- n. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
- n. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
- n. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
Etymologies
- From Anglo-Norman viser, from Old French visiere. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman, from vis, face, from Latin vīsus, appearance; see visage. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When she was on that vacation trying to hide with the blacked out McCain visor she looked like crap and had probably had something done.”
“Someone please proffer a reasonable, rational explanation as to why Palinbot wearing a blank visor is less recognizable than Palinbot wearing a visor with McCain's name on it.”
“The woman cannot afford to buy a new, plain visor for her vacation after her book tour?”
“She couldn't even afford to buy a new visor cap but had to use an old McCain visor, but blacked it out.”
“The scratch-resistant, polycarbonate plastic visor is coated with an antifog compound that was originally developed for jet pilots.”
“When the visor is lowered on the ACES suit, pure O2 comes into the suit at a higher quantity than a crew member actually uses.”
“The vacuum beyond your visor is cold, but it would boil your blood if your pressure suit failed.”
“I mean, let’s be honest, a visor is actually one rung higher on the queer fashion ladder than a turbin.”
“Here he wears an eskimo-inspired "visor" - though he doesn't have eyes there.”
“I had the visor down and on the back of the visor is a mirror.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘visor’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Masks
mascherone, eye mask, gas mask, welder's mask, ski mask, calypsis, balaclava, facemask, false face, fencer's mask, fencing mask, half mask and 89 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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Dewitful
visions of witfulness and vision - a wise guise
revision, advisor, ideal, witty, witness, veda, druid, penguin, hadal, idea, story, history and 269 more...
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Shakespeare Adaptations
So I went to see Love's Labor's Lost in the park. The play was set (just as Willie intended) in India in the 1960s. Clearly, it needs a list.
visor, russian, electric guitar, palm tree, drum set, flip, astronaut, pose, motorcycle, mark, man, mask
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Make It So
Can I tell you a secret? I want to be Captain Picard.
enterprise, warp 9, jefferies tube, ten-forward, transporter room, shuttlecraft, tricorder, ready room, holodeck, synthehol, photon torpedo, sensor array and 19 more...
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