Word Study
comer
CIDE DICTIONARY
comer, n.
One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
comer, n.
1 a person who comes, esp. as an applicant, participant, etc. (offered the job to the first comer).
2 colloq. a person likely to be a success.
1 a person who comes, esp. as an applicant, participant, etc. (offered the job to the first comer).
2 colloq. a person likely to be a success.
Idiom
all comers any applicants (with reference to a position, or esp. a challenge to a champion, that is unrestricted in entry).
THESAURUS
comer
Young Turk, arrival, arriviste, bright young man, entrant, fledgling, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, intruder, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new generation, new man, newcomer, nouveau riche, novus homo, parvenu, rising generation, settler, star, stripling, success, upstart, victor, visitant, visitor, winnerFor further exploring for "comer" in Webster Dictionary Online