Noah Webster
Visionary
VI'SIONARY, adjective
1. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination.
Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
2. Imaginary; existing in imagination only; not real; having no solid foundation; as a visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
VI'SIONARY, noun
1. One whose imagination is disturbed.
2. One who forms impracticable schemes; one who is confident of success in a project which others perceive to be idle and fanciful. [Visionist, in a like sense, is not used.]