first comer

Example Sentences

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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Angel took on his first comer, Luigi Bacigalupi, 275-lbs. ringside.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is "dour deference for the first comer, the man at the head of the queue."

From Time Magazine Archive

They followed their guide with the docility of despair, leaning on the first comer.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

So then his own mother is against him, and would wed me to the first comer.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles