incomer

[in-kuhm-er]

noun

1. a person who comes in.

2. Chiefly British.,  an immigrant.

3. an intruder.

4. a successor.

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

incomer

/ ˈɪnkʌmə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of incomer¹

First recorded in 1520–30; in + comer

Example Sentences

Loeb also hopes to design—in collaboration with space agencies or companies--a launch-ready space mission to study an incomer at close quarters.

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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.

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The president has embraced increasing border taxes as part of his trade strategy, but incomer Joe Biden is expected to take a different approach.

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Incomer Ovo recently bought major supplier SSE, and medium-sized players such as Shell-backed First Utility are making inroads.

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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.

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Related Words

• foreigner 
• immigrant 
• migrant 
• outsider 
• refugee 
• settler 
• stranger 
• visitor