firstcomer

[furst-kuhm-er]

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noun

a person who arrives first or among the first.

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Origin of firstcomer

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; first + comer

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The firstcomer was ruddy and auburn-haired and evidently a leader.
The Five Jars
Montague Rhodes James