Comer vs Visitant - What's the difference?
comer | visitant | Related terms |
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.
One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
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* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 56:
A spectre or ghost.
A migratory bird that makes a temporary stop somewhere.
Comer is a related term of visitant.
As a proper noun comer
is .As a noun visitant is
one who visits; a guest; a visitor.As an adjective visitant is
visiting.comer
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.Anagrams
* ----visitant
English
Noun
(en noun)- When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger.
- The room was soon full of servants, some of whom, with the lady visitant , were employed in care of the wife