newcomer
/ˈnjuːkʌmə/US/ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/
newcomer noun: one who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
Noun
newcomer (plural newcomers)
- 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 - This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- comeling
- Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
- A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
- Synonyms:
- newbie
Proper noun capitalized: Newcomer
Newcomer
- A surname.
newcomer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
newcomer in Hindi
- नवागंतुक, नवोदित
newcomer in Tamil
- புதியவர், புதிதாக வந்தவர், புதுமுகம்
newcomer in Marathi
- नवोदित, नवागंतुक
newcomer in Urdu
- نووارد, نیا نیا آنےوالا
More languagesFewer languages
- newcomer in Bengali
- নবাগত, নতুন আগন্তুক
- newcomer in Malayalam
- നവാഗതൻ, വിരുന്നൻ, പ്രവേശകൻ, കുടിയേറ്റക്കാരൻ
- newcomer in Kannada
- ಆಧುನಿಕ, ಮಧ್ಯ ಯುಗದಿಂದೀಚೆಗೆ ಬಳಕೆಗೆ ಬಂದ, ಆಗಂತುಕ, ಈಗ ತಾನೆ ಬಂದವನು
- newcomer in Gujarati
- નવોદિત, નવાગંતુક, નવોદિત વ્યક્તિ
- newcomer in Odia
- ନବାଗତା
- newcomer in Indonesian
- anak baru
- newcomer in Persian
- تازه وارد tâze vâred
Examples of newcomer in a sentence
- The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of newcomer
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Antonyms
Forms of newcomer
| plural | newcomers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | new-comer |
| alternative form | new comer |
Origin of newcomer
From Middle English newe-comere, equivalent to new- + comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen (“new comer, neophyte, novice”).
Words formed from newcomer
Questions about newcomer
- What does newcomer mean?
- Newcomer means one who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
- What is newcomer in Hindi?
- Newcomer in Hindi is नवागंतुक, नवोदित. See Newcomer meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use newcomer in a sentence?
- The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
- What part of speech is newcomer?
- Newcomer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce newcomer?
- Newcomer is pronounced /ˈnjuːkʌmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of newcomer?
- The plural of newcomer is newcomers.
Words near newcomer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: newcomer (page history and authors); Newcomer (page history and authors); newcomer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newcomer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newcomer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newcomer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newcomer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newcomer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); newcomer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newcomer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newcomer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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