(education, publishing) A book for children who are learning to read, usually consisting of pictures and some basic words or phrases. / Synonym of publisher's reader (see reader).

(Scotland, Northern England) The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day.

plural of First Worlder

(US, chiefly baseball, dated) The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.

(Roman Catholicism) The first time that a person, usually a child, receives the sacrament of Communion.

plural of first receiver

Somebody from the First World.

plural of first-rate

To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.

(idiomatic, slang) A nonexistent day; a day that will never come.