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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incomer1

First recorded in 1520–30; in + comer
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Example Sentences

Van Helsing, Harker, and I were just behind the door, so that when it was opened the Professor could guard it whilst we two stepped between the incomer and the door.

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

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.

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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