Comeling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A comer; (person) an arrival. obsolete
- 2 An incomer. obsolete
- 3 A newcomer; stranger.
"Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.'"
Example
More examples"Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.'"
Etymology
From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).
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