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new comer

new comer is the dated form of newcomer.

Meaning of newcomer

Noun

newcomer (plural newcomers)

  1. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
    • Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
      Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful[…]
      Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj.
      A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 550
    Synonyms:
    comeling
  2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
    Synonyms:
    newbie

See all 3 meanings of newcomer

Forms of new comer

pluralnew comers

Questions about new comer

What is new comer the dated form of?
New comer is the dated form of newcomer.

Words near new comer in the dictionary

  1. new classes
  2. New Clee
  3. new cocoyam
  4. new cocoyams
  5. New Cold War
  6. new comer
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  8. New Comic Book Day
  9. New Commandment
  10. New Commonwealth
  11. New Connecticut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: new comer (page history and authors); newcomer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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