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upcomer

upcomer noun: eggcorn of up-and-comer.

Noun

upcomer (plural upcomers)

  1. Eggcorn of up-and-comer.
    • Australian upcomer Levi Miller is an extremely likable lead as young Peter, but he has his work cut out for him breathing character into a drama whose primary agents include Rooney Mara’s controversially Caucasian Tiger Lily and Garrett Hedlund’s blandly hunky James Hook.2015 October 18, Mark Kermode, “Pan review – in serious need of pixie dust”, in The Observer

Forms of upcomer

pluralupcomers

Origin of upcomer

From upcome + -er.

Questions about upcomer

What does upcomer mean?
Upcomer means eggcorn of up-and-comer.
What part of speech is upcomer?
Upcomer is a noun.
What is the plural of upcomer?
The plural of upcomer is upcomers.

Words near upcomer in the dictionary

  1. upcoil
  2. upcoiled
  3. upcoiling
  4. upcoils
  5. upcome
  6. upcomer
  7. upcomers
  8. upcomes
  9. upcoming
  10. upcomings
  11. upcomming

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