afterling
afterling · afterlings
One who comes after or laterOne who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
Meaning
1 senses(rare)One who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
Origin
From Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjecFrom Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.
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Forms
plural: afterlings| Singular | afterling |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.