a. [f. FAR adv. + COME ppl. a.] That has come from a distance.
[?]. Laws Ine, xx. Feor cumen [MS. cuman; v.r. cund] man.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 32. His ship farre come.
1675. Hobbes, Odyssey, XIV. 399.
Then did Eumæus to his servants call, | |
From out the Herd to choose one of the best | |
His far-come friend to entertain withal, | |
And mend their own fare also with the rest. |
1819. L. Hunt, The Indicator, No. 7 (1822), I. 53. Gilbert Becket took to his arms and his bridal bed, his far-come princess, with her solitary fond word.