comer

1 someone with a promising future

2 someone who arrives (or has arrived) [syn: arrival, arriver]

see Comer

English

Noun

1. one in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning
2. fig one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory
3. One who arrives

   The champ will face all comers.

Quotations

• 2004: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick — The New Yorker, August 9 & 16, 2004, p.40
• 2004: Django, then, was not just a comer; he was a cause. — The New Yorker, December 6, 2004, p.105

Related terms

• come

Portuguese

Verb

comer

1. to eat (something);

   "Comes carne?" - Do you eat meat?

2. to eat, to consume food through the mouth;

   "Já comi hoje, obrigado." - I've already eaten today, thanks.

3. In the context of "transitive|vulgar|lang=pt": to have sex with (someone).

Conjugation

pt-conj-er com

Spanish

Pronunciation

• lang=es|/koˈmeɾ/

Etymology

Latin comedere from com- + edere

Verb

comer

1. to eat
2. to corrode

Conjugation

es-conj-er com

Related terms

• comedor
• comestible
• comida
• carcomer

Comer is Spanish for the verb to eat. It may also refer to:

• Alan Comer, Magic: the Gathering pro player
• Anjanette Comer, American actress
• B. B. Comer, American politician
• Christine Comer, former Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency (TEA)
• Samuel M. Comer, movie set decorator
• Comer, Georgia, United States, a city in Madison County

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, winner