"firstcomer" meaning in All languages combined

See firstcomer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: firstcomers [plural]
Etymology: From first + comer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|first|comer}} first + comer Head templates: {{en-noun}} firstcomer (plural firstcomers)
  1. One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
    Sense id: en-firstcomer-en-noun-GUYicQfG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From first + comer.",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "firstcomer (plural firstcomers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1969, Harold James Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880:",
          "text": "Britain's phenomenal success as firstcomer in the new industrialism was reflected in her record 38 per cent share of the world trade in manufactures...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 398:",
          "text": "But at long last the summer, high summer, was upon them, with the promised arrival of the four firstcomers to the old manor house.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "come",
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        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "firstcomer"
}
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  ],
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    {
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 398:",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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