firstcomer

[furst-kuhm-er]

noun

1. a person who arrives first or among the first.

Word History and Origins

Origin of firstcomer¹

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

Example Sentences

Mowbray contended that the grass was his, because it had long been cut for use at the Grange; and Harding replied that, as the land was unoccupied, neither had any prescriptive right and the hay could be harvested by the firstcomer.

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I was the firstcomer—and yet the faint and struggling instinct of hope urged the setting up of a tattered flag or two of sail cloth along the beetling heights.

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The firstcomer was ruddy and auburn-haired and evidently a leader.

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This fellow clapped his hand on my shoulder with a boisterous display of friendliness, while the firstcomer thrust his hand through Esau’s arm, and began to lead him toward the saloon.

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In the morning I was firstcomer to the bridge as I lived nearest.

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