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welcomer|ˈwɛlkəmə(r)| [f. welcome v.1 + -er1.] One who, or something which, welcomes or greets (a person or thing).
13..Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 252 In prima porta..inuenient tres ‘welcomeres’ horribiles, videlicet..nakednesse Reminge feblesse. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. i. 90 Farewell, thou wofull welcommer of glory. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXVII. 529 Welcomers of libertinism, but not of impudence. 1829C. Rose Four Years S. Africa 306 Yes,—you [sc. a sea-fowl] are a fitting welcomer to my country. 1850J. Struthers Poet. Wks. Life, p. lxix, The welcome was acceptable, though the welcomer was not by any means promising or prepossessing. 1905Sir A. Lyall Marq. Dufferin I. vii. 266 They were received by a concourse of welcomers and a profusion of banners. |