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incomer

in·com·er
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-kuhm-er]
    • /ˈɪnˌkʌm ər/
    • /ˈɪnkʌmə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-kuhm-er]
    • /ˈɪnˌkʌm ər/

Definitions of incomer word

  • noun incomer a person who comes in. 1
  • noun incomer Chiefly British. an immigrant. 1
  • noun incomer an intruder. 1
  • noun incomer a successor. 1
  • noun incomer Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter. 1
  • noun incomer An outsider who moves to a community or a place, as used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants. 1

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Origin of incomer

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; in + comer

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Parts of speech for Incomer

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

incomer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

incomer usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for incomer

noun incomer

  • outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
  • stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
  • visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
  • refugee — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
  • foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.

Antonyms for incomer

noun incomer

  • local — low-cal.
  • native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
  • citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
  • countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
  • national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.

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