Noun
newcomer (plural newcomers)
- One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
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:Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a.
Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful […]
Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj.
A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
- A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
Translations
new participant in some activity
- Afrikaans: aankomeling
- Armenian: նորեկ (hy) (norek)
- Bulgarian: новак (bg) m (novak), новодошъл (bg) m (novodošǎl)
- Catalan: novell (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 新手 (zh) (xīnshǒu)
- Czech: nováček m
- Finnish: noviisi (fi), aloittelija (fi), vasta-alkaja (fi), tulokas (fi)
- French: débutant (fr) m, débutante (fr) f
- Georgian: ახალბედა (axalbeda), დამწყები (damc̣q̇ebi)
- German: Neuling (de) m, Newcomer (de) m, Newcomerin (de) f
- Greek: νεοφώτιστος (el) (neofótistos)
- Italian: esordiente (it), debuttante (it)
- Japanese: 新人 (ja) (shinjin)
- Latvian: jaunatnācējs m
- Macedonian: нова́јлија m (novájlija), но́вак m (nóvak)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nykommer m
- Nynorsk: nykomar m
- Portuguese: iniciante (pt) m or f
- Romanian: începător (ro) m, începătoare (ro) f, novice (ro) m, debutant (ro) m, debutantă (ro) f
- Russian: новичо́к (ru) m (novičók), неофи́т (ru) m (neofít), начина́ющий (ru) m (načinájuščij)
- Swedish: nybörjare (sv)
- Turkish: yeni gelen
- Ukrainian: новачо́к (uk) m (novačók), той, хто почина́є (toj, xto počynáje)
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