(visiting card)
1Visiting card — Visiting cards also known as calling cards first appeared in China in the 15th century, and in Europe in the 17th century. The footmen of aristocrats and of royalty would deliver these first European visiting cards to the servants of their… …
2Visiting card — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …
3Visiting card — Visiting Vis it*ing, a. & vb. n. from {Visit}. [1913 Webster] {Visiting ant}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Driver ant}, under {Driver}. {Visiting book}, a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. Thackeray. {Visiting card}.… …
4visiting card — n a small card with their name on it which people gave to someone they visited, in the past American Equivalent: calling card …
5visiting card — n. CALLING CARD * * * …
6visiting card — visiting ,card noun count BRITISH a CALLING CARD …
7visiting card — n. CALLING CARD …
8visiting card — noun a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited • Syn: ↑calling card, ↑card • Hypernyms: ↑greeting, ↑salutation * * * noun, pl ⋯ cards [count] Brit : ↑calling card 2 * * * …
9visiting card — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms visiting card : singular visiting card plural visiting cards British a small card with your name printed on it that people left in the past with people who they visited …
10visiting card — traces of urine or faeces left in a public place Left by domestic pets: He s left his visiting card. (Ross, 1956, of a dog) See also pay a visit …
