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 • Jul. 26, 2021
In an overwhelmingly conservative state long dominated by the coal and timber industries, Fred Schaufeld wasn’t a typical corporate incomer.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2020
Back at the social club is another recent incomer to Jaywick, Margaret Johnston.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2019
The most significant incomer was Rodarte, a label that sits on the arty edge of the highly commercial American ready-to-wear industry and is much loved by celebrities including Kristen Dunst and Natalie Portman.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
He only named the incomer boy after me.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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