firstcomer
English
Etymology
From first + comer.
Noun
firstcomer (plural firstcomers)
- One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
- 1969, Harold James Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880:
- Britain's phenomenal success as firstcomer in the new industrialism was reflected in her record 38 per cent share of the world trade in manufactures...
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398:
- But at long last the summer, high summer, was upon them, with the promised arrival of the four firstcomers to the old manor house.
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Antonyms
- latecomer
Anagrams
- crestiform