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Definition: Comer |
ComerNoun1. Someone with a promising future. 2. Someone who arrives (or has arrived). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "comer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: ComerSynonyms: arrival (n), arriver (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Comer |
| Specialty definitions using "comer": Lucifera. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Comer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Asturian (to eat), Portuguese (capture, consume, eat, fare, itch, nosh, relish, stoke, take, to eat), Portuguese Brazilian (to eat), Spanish (comic, eat, eat away, feed, have dinner, lap up, live off, live on, lunch, luncheon, meal, partake of, take, take a meal, to eat, trifle, tuck, tuck away, tuck in). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Me he de comer esa tuna (1970) El Derecho de comer (1968) Me he de comer esa tuna (1945) Se da de comer (1905) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She took a lover, the first comer, a man whom she did not love, through bravado, and with rage in her heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Comer, J.A., Nicholson, W.L., Olson, J.G., & Childs, J.E. (1999). Serologic testing for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis at a national reference center. (references) | |
Nicholson, W.L., Comer, J,A., Sumner, J,W., Gingrich-Baker, C., Coughlin, R.T., Magnarelli, L.A., Olson, J.G., & Childs, J.E. (1997). An indirect immunofluorescence assay using a cell culture-derived antigen for detection of antibodies to the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Comer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.48% of the time. "Comer" is used about 197 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.48% | 194 | 22,014 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.52% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 197 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "comer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Comer | Last name | 6,000 | 1,945 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Comer, GA (city, FIPS 19084) 2. Comer, IL |
Expressions using "comer": Chance comer ♦ comer Vann Woodward ♦ first comer ♦ last comer ♦ new comer ♦ the first comer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "comer": comer-shaving. | |
Ending with "comer": late-comer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "comer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vizitor (caller, sightseer, visitant, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | القادم (forthcoming, next but one). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | новодошъл (incoming, newcomer), пришелец (incomer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | návštìvník (caller, guest, stranger, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وارد (Conscious, Hep, Relevant), اینده (Future, Next, Oncoming, Toward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulija. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arrivant (coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kommende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερχόμενοσ (come, coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jövevény (incomer, new arrival, new comer, newcomer, sojourner, upstart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tamu (guest, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chi viene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omercay pessoa que chega ou vem. (various references) persoanã care vine. (various references) тот, кто приходит. (various references) došljak (incomer, newcomer, pilgrim). (various references) contendiente (contender, contestant, opponent), comest, to eat, t.v.. (various references) kommande (coming, forthcoming, future, next, unborn). (various references) gelen kimse, gelecek vaadeden kimse. (various references) відвідувач (caller, visitor), захожий (incomer). (various references) vật có triển vọng bất cứ ai đề nghị, bất cứ ai nhận sự thách thức.... (various references) dyfodiad (access, arrival, coming, stranger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "comer": comers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "comer": incomer, latecomer, newcomer, overcomer, welcomer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "comer": incomers, latecomers, newcomers, overcomers, sarcomere, sarcomeres, welcomers. (additional references) | |
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"Comer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: camer, cener, Chomper, choner, c'mere, cocer, coer, Cofer, coger, cojer, coler, comae, comag, Comair, comar, comare, Comark, Comberg, comdef, comed, comeh, comen, comeo, comeri, comerl, comero, comert, comex, comey, commdr, commem, commer, Commey, comor, comper, compr, comre, Comtek, coner, conern, Conero, conert, conir, conjer, conler, conor, conur, coomer, coser, coxer, cumerih, cummer, cymer, Cymmer, Cymor, econor, fomer, goomer, kromer, momzer, ocger, ocner, Ommer, pomer, scomer, Shomer, somer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comer" (pronounced ku"mer) |
| 3 | -u" m er | bummer, drummer, dumber, hummer, midsummer, plumber, summer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-m-o-r" | |
-1 letter: cero, come, core, corm, more, omer. | |
-2 letters: cor, moc, mor, orc, ore, rec, rem, roc, roe, rom. | |
-3 letters: em, er, me, mo, oe, om, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chrome, comber, comers, cormel, mocker, recomb. | |
+2 letters: caromed, chomper, chromed, chromes, comaker, combers, comfier, comfrey, compare, compeer, compere, comrade, coremia, cormels, decorum, dormice, incomer, meropic, microbe, mockers, mockery, moocher, morceau, mortice, recombs, romance. | |
+3 letters: acrosome, amelcorn, beclamor, bichrome, camporee, capsomer, carromed, caseworm, ceremony, chompers, choreman, choremen, chromate, chromide, chromite, chromize, clamored, clamorer, claymore, clerkdom, coadmire, coenamor, colormen, comakers, combater, combiner, comelier, comember, cometary, comether, comfreys, commerce, commoner, commuter, compadre, compared, comparer, compares, compeers, compered, comperes, compiler, complier, composer, compress, comprise, comprize, computer, comrades, consumer, copremia, copremic, coredeem, coremium, cormlike, cornmeal, corpsmen, corymbed, costumer, cramboes, cremator, cromlech, customer, decorums, democrat, echogram, ectoderm, ectomere, exorcism, incomers, intercom, isomeric, mediocre, mercapto, mesocarp, meteoric, microbes, monicker, moochers, morceaux, morticed, mortices, mucrones, newcomer, noncrime, overcame, overcome, overcram, overmuch, proxemic, racemoid, racemose, racemous, recombed, recommit, romanced, romancer, romances, scleroma, sermonic, sycamore, sycomore, trichome, welcomer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Cities 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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