Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who has only recently arrived.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has lately come.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who has lately come.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who has
recently come to acommunity ; arecent arrival . - noun A new
participant in some activity; aneophyte .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a recent arrival
- noun any new participant in some activity
Etymologies
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Examples
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This and the fact the newcomer is then in more of a comfort zone than the old OI, where you were flung in amongst and into an OI with varied levels of support for your new experience.
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So what's shocking to the newcomer is the amount of coasting.
My Times 2004
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So what's shocking to the newcomer is the amount of coasting.
My Times 2004
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So what's shocking to the newcomer is the amount of coasting.
My Times 2004
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Now, one of the first points which strike the newcomer is the conservatism of Canada.
The Canadian Type 1969
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The first impact upon the newcomer is apt to be discouraging, for he is apt to be overwhelmned by the magnitude of poverty, misery and degradation, and not be aware of the magnitude of the effort which India today is making to meet her problems.
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Now, one of the first points which strike the newcomer is the conservatism of Canada.
The Canadian Type 1923
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The newcomer is third-round draft pick Chase Coffman.
Rebuilding the Bengals: The offense can only get better 2009
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If a newcomer is looking for a perpetual vacation, they are not going to find it.
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If a newcomer is looking for a perpetual vacation, they are not going to find it.
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