newcomer
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈnjuːkʌmə//
- États-Unis//ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ//
- États-Unis/[ˈn(j)uˌkʰʌmɚ]/
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
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- 1
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.
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.
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.
Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.
- 2
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
Étymologie
From Middle English newe-comere, equivalent to new- + comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen (“new comer, neophyte, novice”).
Formes
- pluriel
- newcomers
newcomer · One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
Newcomer · A surname.newly · Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.newlyweds · A recently married couple.