A person who arrives or appears after someone else; a latecomer or successor.
From 'aftercome' + Old English suffix '-er' (one who). Used since medieval times to describe those arriving in a second wave or generation.
The 'aftercomers' of the American frontier—settlers who arrived after the initial pioneers—had a completely different experience because the land was already partially developed, showing how timing changes everything.
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