newcomer

From new- +‎ comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen (“new comer, neophyte, novice”).

• (UK) enPR: nyo͞oʹkŭmər, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːkʌmə/
• (US) enPR: n(y)o͞oʹkŭ'mər, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/, [ˈn(j)uˌkʰʌmɚ]
• Rhymes: -uːkʌmə(ɹ), -ʌmə(ɹ)

newcomer (plural newcomers)

1. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0108:

     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:

     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.

2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.

• Thesaurus:beginner
• newbie
• noob, n00b (Internet slang)

• newcoming