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Noun: newcomer  'n(y)oo,kú-mu(r)
  1. Any new participant in some activity
    - fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman [N. Amer], newbie [informal], entrant, noob [non-standard], newb [non-standard], shavetail [N. Amer, informal], n00b [non-standard]
     
  2. A recent arrival
    "he's a newcomer to Boston"

Derived forms: newcomers

Type of: arrival, arriver, beginner, comer, initiate, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, tyro

Encyclopedia: Newcomer, Missouri

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