Newcomer
['njuːkʌmə] or ['nukʌmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any new participant in some activity.
(noun.) a recent arrival; 'he's a newcomer to Boston'.
Editor: Lucia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who has lately come.
Editor: Timmy
Examples
- He stretched out his long arm to turn the lamp away from himself and towards the vacant chair upon which a newcomer must sit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Trenor sulkily yielded his place, and Lily turned a brilliant smile on the newcomer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The General, with the orders in his button, stared at the newcomer with a sulky scowl, as much as to say, who the devil are you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The other workmen looked foolish, and Mr. Law asked the newcomer to step into his private office. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Their ladyships made three stately curtsies, and the elder lady to be sure gave her hand to the newcomer, but it was as cold and lifeless as marble. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A young assistant informed us that Mr. Harding would be absent until afternoon, and that he was himself a newcomer, who could give us no information. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The detective stared at the newcomer with blank amazement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The whole party examined the new comer with the interest with which a set of loafers in a rainy day usually examine every newcomer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Wissen Sie--' The mixture was made, the newcomers were stirred into the party, like new ingredients, the whole room was alive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The four English people, being newcomers, sat in their coign of vantage to watch. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The newcomers learnt the Sumerian writing (the cuneiform writing) and the Sumerian language; they set up no Semitic writing of their own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The newcomers had a sense of many blond faces looking their way. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, gentlemen, he continued, as the newcomers drew up to the table, there's five have entered, and we want four more to make up the number. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They were looking at the newcomers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know, they visit no newcomers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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