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[ kuhm-er ] / ˈkʌm ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR comer ON THESAURUS.COM
nounInformal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising: He looks like a comer in state politics. a person or thing that arrives. Origin of comerMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at come, -er1 Words nearby comercome out of, come out of nowhere, come out of the closet, come out with, come over, comer, come round, comes, comestible, comet, cometh Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for comerRay gave Jay a shell, then stepped onto a small, rickety carousel in the comer of the churchyard and loaded up. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Katie was my best friend,” Cheryl says, and immediately a large tear fills the comer of her eye. The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST So now Comer is applying the same political strategy in Washington. Inside the Movement to Legalize Hemp|Jonathan Miller|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Scozzafava, a youngish possible up and comer just effectively joined the Democrats. How the GOP Loses Women|Linda Hirshman|November 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The second comer is commonly less welcome than the first, and the third makes but a rash venture. The Poet at the Breakfast Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. And there Mrs. Darcy, a daily comer, met him at least two or three times each week. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir|May Agnes Fleming At a comer two night watch in shouldercapes, their hands upon their staffholsters, loom tall. It is a magazine, a furnishing store set up in the wilderness, whose goods are free to every comer. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers|John Burroughs Perhaps it was the first comer, for he did not try his scare again. Ways of Wood Folk|William J. Long
British Dictionary definitions for comer
noun(in combination) a person who comesall-comers; newcomers informal a potential success 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 Words related to comerarriver, up-and-comer |