firster

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noun

A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).

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Meanings

firster1

nounfirster (plural firsters)

plural firsters

  1. in compoundsA person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).

    In recent years, “knowledge-first” epistemologists have worried that any analysis of knowledge fails to recognize that knowledge is more fundamental than epistemic analysis. Knowledge, the knowledge-firster contends, should be taken as an epistemic primitive.

    2019, Branden Fitelson, Rodrigo Borges, Cherie Braden, Themes from Klein: Knowledge, Scepticism, and Justification, Springer, →ISBN, page 5

firster2

adjectivefirster (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteEarlier, former.

Origin

firster · noun

From first + -er (“supporter”).

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firster · adjective

From first + -er (comparative suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

firster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firster

MLA

“firster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firster.

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