incomer
Americannoun
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a person who comes in.
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Chiefly British. an immigrant.
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an intruder.
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a successor.
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Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of incomer
Example Sentences
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Loeb also hopes to design—in collaboration with space agencies or companies--a launch-ready space mission to study an incomer at close quarters.
From Science Magazine
In the Coen brothers’ quirkily and slightly pedantically humorous and Wodehousian romp set in golden-age Hollywood, Fiennes plays the haughty director Laurence Laurentz, who is a European incomer to the US, like Curtiz or Sirk, but with a Britisher’s poise.
From The Guardian
The president has embraced increasing border taxes as part of his trade strategy, but incomer Joe Biden is expected to take a different approach.
From BBC
Incomer Ovo recently bought major supplier SSE, and medium-sized players such as Shell-backed First Utility are making inroads.
From BBC
In episode five, the simmering tension between incumbent powerbroker Al and ruthless incomer Hearst – a mining bigwig with designs on Deadwood’s rich seams – exploded on to the main thoroughfare.
From The Guardian
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