Synonyms for comer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhm-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm ər


Définition of comer

Origin :
  • "visitor," mid-14c., agent noun from come. Meaning "one showing promise" is attested from 1879. Phrase all comers "everyone who chooses to come" is recorded from 1560s.
  • noun one with promise
Example sentences :
  • That's why old Hiram is ready to fight the first comer on the slightest provocation.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The first comer utters his complaint of humiliation before him.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Colonel Sommerton turned his eyes on the comer inquiringly, almost eagerly.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • He thinks he's a comer when he's a goer—he can't see his idea is out of date.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • And about my family affairs, I'm not likely to talk to the first comer, eh?
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It does not ask any comer whether he has a name, but whether he has an affliction.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • I always meant to be the first comer in a woman's heart, fresh lips or none for me.'
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • Inbred in him was an invincible objection to be any but the first comer in a woman's heart.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • No wonder they all took a slant at him and spotted him as a Comer.
  • Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
  • Oh yes; we're always ready; but then the first comer is not.
  • Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

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