noun
1. : a usually important or influential visitor (as a high official from the headquarters of an organization or a general on a tour of inspection) whom it is desirable or expedient to show about or entertain impressively
for an aspiring politician … a fine place to throw parties for visiting firemen and local bigwigs — Clare B. Luce
2. : a visitor to a city (as a convention delegate) who goes out on the town and spends freely
girls who will show your visitors what most visiting firemen want to see — Hal White