Firster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Firster is a noun meaning (in combination) A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).
Meaning
(in combination) A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Earlier, former.
Example Sentences
In recent years, “knowledge-first” epistemologists have worried that any analysis of knowledge fails to recognize that knowledge is more fundamental than epistemic analysis. Knowledge, the knowledge-firster contends, should be taken as an epistemic primitive.
Word Forms
- firsters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include first, firstcomer, prioritizer, preferrer, leader, firstness.
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