incomer

[ in-kuhm-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who comes in.

  2. Chiefly British. an immigrant.

  1. an intruder.

  2. a successor.

  3. Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter.

Origin of incomer

1
First recorded in 1520–30; in + comer

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British Dictionary definitions for incomer

incomer

/ (ˈɪnkʌmə) /


noun
  1. a person who comes to live in a place in which he was not born

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