firstcomer

firstcomer
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: one that comes first

the firstcomers to the New World did not possess boats — W.T.Corlett

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/ferrst"kum'euhr/, n.
a person who arrives first or among the first.
[1860-65, Amer.; FIRST + COMER]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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