Firster

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first). in-compounds

    "In recent years, “knowledge-first” epistemologists have worried that any analysis of knowledge fails to recognize that knowledge is more fundamental than epistemic analysis. Knowledge, the knowledge-firster contends, should be taken as an epistemic primitive."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Earlier, former. not-comparable, obsolete

Example

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"In recent years, “knowledge-first” epistemologists have worried that any analysis of knowledge fails to recognize that knowledge is more fundamental than epistemic analysis. Knowledge, the knowledge-firster contends, should be taken as an epistemic primitive."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From first + -er (“supporter”).

Etymology 2

From first + -er (comparative suffix).

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