Noun
all comers pl (plural only)
Everyone who comes to a given event.
The meeting is open to all comers.
all-comers pl (plural only)
Alternative form of all comers
The meeting is open to all-comers.
all-comers
By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers. H. G. Wells
Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers. Josiah Strong
By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers it would still be his were the Martians ten times as mighty as they are. For neither do men live nor die in vain. H. G. Wells
No system would have ever been framed if people had been simply interested in knowing what is true, whatever it may be. What produces systems is the interest in maintaining against all comers that some favourite or inherited idea of ours is sufficient and right. **. George Santayana
After Milan's Miracle in the 1950s, no school with an enrollment of less than 500 won another boys' State title under the all-comers format. Source: Internet
At the Sydney International Exhibition they won a bronze medal "against all-comers from every part of the world", the only first prize awarded for soap and candles. Source: Internet