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Welcomer

Definition: Welcomer

Welcomer

Noun

1. A person who greets; "the newcomers were met by smiling greeters".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "welcomer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

"Welcomer" is a common misspelling or typo for: welcome, welcomed.


Synonyms: Welcomer

Synonyms: greeter (n), saluter (n). (additional references)

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Use in Literature: Welcomer

TitleAuthorQuote

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Farewell, thou woeful welcomer of glory!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Welcomer

"Welcomer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Welcomer" is used about 2 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Welcomer

Language Translations for "welcomer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

αυτός που καλωσορίζει. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elcomerway

   

Vietnamese 

  

người đón tiếp. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Welcomer

Derivations

Words beginning with "welcomer": welcomers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Welcomer"

Words rhyming with "welcomer" (pronounced 'Wel"com*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Welcomer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-l-m-o-r-w"

-1 letter: eelworm, welcome.

-2 letters: cleome, cormel, creole, crewel, mewler.

-3 letters: celom, ceorl, comer, cower, creel, creme, lower, merle, morel, mower, rowel.

-4 letters: cere, cero, clew, cole, come, core, corm, cowl, crew, crow, ewer, leer, lore, lowe, meow, mere, merl, mewl, mole, more, omer, orle, reel, role, weel, weer, were, wore, worm.

-5 letters: cee, cel, col, cor.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-l-m-o-r-w"
 

+1 letter: welcomers.

 

+3 letters: clergywomen.

 

+5 letters: lowerclassmen, microwaveable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Welcomer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 65 6C 63 6F 6D 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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