Meaning

3 senses
  1. A newcomer; stranger.

  2. (obsolete)A comer; (person) an arrival.

  3. (obsolete)An incomer.

Origin

From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equ

From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).

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Forms

plural: comelings
Singularcomeling
Pluralcomelings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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