first comer

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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

As I am the first comer, perhaps it is right that I should be first served.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon

All the same, I don't want to bring the first comer out of the street amongst us.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm