upcomer

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noun

Eggcorn of up-and-comer.

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Meanings

nounupcomer (plural upcomers)

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

Origin

From upcome + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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