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Meanings of comer in English

Someone who arrives (or has arrived)

Usage of comer in English
1
Some parleying was audible in the hall, and soon the new-comer entered.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
2
This is the moment AFL up-and-comer Elijah Taylor was arrested in Perth.
News.com.au
3
To judge by the tracks the last-comer was a very old animal.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
4
Piotr let loose his irritation at the new-comer with the ironic question:
The Created Legend
5
This new-comer is the secretion of the activated breasts, the mammary glands.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
6
In the new-comer she recognized a figure she had seen long before-Mr.
Debts of Honor
7
As the new-comer moved closer the whole group rose to greet him.
The Lady of Big Shanty
8
As he made the recognition the new-comer held out his mittened hand.
A Mating in the Wilds
9
The new-comer wasted no time and he spoke but a single word.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
10
As the new-comer entered they all three turned and looked at him.
The Masquerader
11
Then the first comer raised his arm and turned up the gas.
The Slave of the Lamp
12
Evidently they expected the new-comer to be a very critical little person.
The Story of Jessie
13
For a single moment the new-comer stood as though turned to stone.
The Black Box
14
All the while the baby badgers stared hard at the unexpected comer.
Old Indian Legends
15
Kurt moved to the comer and stood before the two-and-a-half-meter-square stainless-steel safe.
Ghosts of Onyx
16
To a new-comer into Africa, the Muscat Arabs of Zanzibar are studies.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
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Comer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common