welcomerEtymologyFrom Middle English welcomer, welcomere, equivalent to welcome + -er (agent suffix).welcomer means something which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounSomething which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.“1764, Sir Humphrey Lunatic (pseudonym of Francis Gentleman), A Trip to the Moon, London: S. Crowder, 2nd edition, 1765, Volume I, Chapter 2, p. 21, At this Point of Time my Host, as I may call my sage Welcomer, directed a Kind of Procession, which tho’ not grand, nor very regular, appeared to be calculated as a high Compliment to me […]”Something or someone that greets or is present for the arrival of something.“Farewell, thou woful welcomer of glory!”