oldcomer

Noun

oldcomer (plural oldcomers)

1. An immigrant or the descendant of immigrants who has lived in their new environment long enough to become well-established.
   • For instance, if a newcomer in any neighbourhood called first on an oldcomer, the act was classed with burglaries: nobody ever did call thus on an older resident, but, if anyone had, that is how it would have been looked on.1940, Lord Dunsany, Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey, page 111
   • As has already been described, in the 'oldcomer' district, 'newcomers' are at times in the position of being helped by the established 'foreigners' of the community.2010, Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, Sarane Boocock, Minorities and Multiculturalism in Japanese Education, page 165
2. One who has been acquainted with something for a long time; an established member of a group who is familiar with the group culture and resources.
   • If not, if you are not going to protect the business that has earned some by competition, then there is going to be no protection for anyone at any time, unless you are going to shoot craps for all licenses, not even a newcomer who wants to become an "oldcomer."1948, United States. Congress. Senate. Small Business Enterprises, Problems of American Small Business, page 3388
   • This profession has an important role to play in easing the tensions which often arise when newcomer meets oldcomer.1956, Educational Leadership - Volume 14, page 217
3. A member of a therapeutic community who has achieved a trusted status and is assigned as a mentor to a newcomer.
   • An oldcomer must supervise a first phaser in the host home—if a kid just wants to pick up a pen, he has to ask permission from an oldcomer—and the kids must call the parents of the host home "Mom" and "Dad" as if they are part of a new family.1990, Arnold S. Trebach, Kevin B. Zeese, Drug Prohibition and the Conscience of Nations, page 171
   • This is accomplished through group "raps" or therapy sessions as well as by the assigning of an "oldcomer" ( positive role model ) to each of the "newcomers." It is through the child's oldcomer that he or she has a further opportunity to question past beliefs and behavior with respect to drugs.1993, Alfred J. Finch, W. Michael Nelson, Edith S. Ott, Cognitive-behavioral Procedures with Children and Adolescents, page 339