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Comeling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A comer; (person) an arrival. obsolete
  2. 2
    An incomer. obsolete
  3. 3
    A newcomer; stranger.

    "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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