The ghostly visitants, if such they were, ceased from their nocturnal revels.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
The visitants used to appear in a variety of colours, but now always in black.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
That our doors are trodden by orthodox visitants only?
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick