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Comer vs Comeling - What's the difference?

comer | comeling |

As a proper noun comer

is .

As a noun comeling is

(obsolete) a comer; (person) an arrival.

comer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
  • (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
  • One who arrives.
    • The champ will face all comers .

    Quotations

    * 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker , page 40: *: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick. * 2004 December 6, The New Yorker , page 105: *: Django, then, was not just a comer ; he was a cause.

    Related terms

    * come

    Anagrams

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    comeling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
  • (obsolete) An incomer.
  • (obsolete) A newcomer; stranger.