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Webster 1913 Edition
Visor
Vis′or
,Noun.
[Written also
visar
, visard
, vizard
, and vizor
.] 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.
2.
A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
“My very visor began to assume life.” Shak.
My weaker government since, makes you pull off the
visor
. Sir P. Sidney.
3.
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Visor
VI'SOR
,Noun.
1.
A head piece or mask used to disfigure and disguise.My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor.
Swarms of knaves the visor quite disgrace.
2.
A perforated part of a helmet.Definition 2024
visor
visor
English
Alternative forms
Noun
visor (plural visors)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7:
- A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
- 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.
- 1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act IV, Scene IV, line 44.
- The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
Translations
part of a helmet
mask — see mask
fore piece of a cap
Related terms
Latin
Verb
vīsor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of vīsō
References
- visor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “visor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.