incomer
Americannoun
-
a person who comes in.
-
Chiefly British. an immigrant.
-
an intruder.
-
a successor.
-
Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of incomer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In accepting the jury prize for the Next section for “The Incomer,” Scottish filmmaker Louis Paxton summed up the feelings of many at this year’s festival, proclaiming, “Long live cinema, independent cinema and long live Sundance!”
From Los Angeles Times
Other highlights of the opening day included debut director Louis Paxton's dark comedy "The Incomer," which is infused with Scottish folklore.
From Barron's
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
