comer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who is showing promise and is likely to become successful

   The young designer is regarded as a comer in the fashion industry.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who comes or arrives, especially one considered as part of a group of arrivals

   Every comer was welcomed at the open meeting.

From Middle English comere, formed from come + the agent suffix -er. The literal sense is "one who comes." The later promising-person sense survives especially in the expression up-and-comer.

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