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  • noun Plural form of aftercomer.

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Examples

  • We are writing the statutes of eternal justice and liberty in the blood of the worst of tyrants as a warning to all aftercomers.

    The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

  • We are writing the statutes of eternal justice and liberty in the blood of the worst of tyrants as a warning to all aftercomers.

    The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

  • We are writing the statutes of eternal justice and liberty in the blood of the worst of tyrants as a warning to all aftercomers.

    The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

  • Gozzoli, the Ghirlandajo brothers, the Lippi and Botticelli, effloresced in Michelangelo, leaving nothing for aftercomers but manneristic imitation.

    The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Yes! even the meanest of the aftercomers -- even he who now vents his gratitude, -- is thine everlasting debtor!

    Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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