firster

Earlier, former.

Adjective

  1. Earlier, former.

Origin

From first + -er (comparative suffix).

Noun

  1. A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).
    • 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,...

Origin

From first + -er (“supporter”).

Forms

firsters

Related

America Firster Israel-firster twenty-firster