comeling
nounEtymology From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).
1
Obsolete A comer; (person) an arrival.
2
Obsolete 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:
- Derived terms
- outcomeling