Aftercomer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.

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heirsuccessorsuccessor

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], equivalent to after- + comer. Cognate with Scots eftercumar (“successor”).

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