comer
Americannoun
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comers
plural
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Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising.
He looks like a comer in state politics.
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a person or thing that arrives.
noun
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(in combination) a person who comes
all-comers
newcomers
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informal a potential success
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comer
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at come, -er 1
Example Sentences
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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
It was the sound of the star relishing a turn as the comer.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
I was a relative late comer to Prime.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid electric cars but a late comer to the full EV market, plans to have a line up of 15 BEV models by 2025.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021
Though each comer in the corridor, each flight of steps, brought with it the possibility of new dangers, the children carried on.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
The state's so-called "jungle primary" pits all comers in one mega-poll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ace the AI table-tennis player is beating all comers.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
A rematch could be on the cards in 2026 and Williamson said he welcomed "all comers" in the new year.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
His “prove me wrong” events—the invitation to take all comers in dialogues he set up on college campuses—often went viral online and drew thousands of young voters to the conservative cause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Indeed, I have seen in encyclopedias and the National Geographic Magazine breath-taking photographs of sights from various comers of the globe; magnificent canyons and waterfalls, raggedly beautiful mountains.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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