comeling
English
Etymology
From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).
Noun
comeling (plural comelings)
- (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
- (obsolete) An incomer.
- A newcomer; stranger.
- 2021, Graham Masterton, The Shadow People:
- Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.'
Synonyms
- (newcomer): come-here, newling, offcomer; see also Thesaurus:newcomer