comeling

A comer; (person) an arrival.

Noun

  1. A comer; (person) an arrival.
  2. An incomer.
  3. A newcomer; stranger.
    • Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.' - 2021, Graham Masterton, The Shadow People:

Origin

From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).

Forms

comelings

Synonyms

come-here newling offcomer

Derived

outcomeling