newcomer
noun
new·com·er
ˈnü-ˌkə-mər 
ˈnyü-
Examples of newcomer in a Sentence
he's a newcomer to ice hockey
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Meanwhile, newcomers will be played by Jordan Donica, Andrea Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hattie Morahan, Leslie Uggams, Merritt Wever, Bill Camp and Phylicia Rashad.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
And those cryptic commands persist today in some Linux editors, like Vim, a modal text editor where users must switch between different modes for editing versus navigating text, which famously confuses newcomers.
—ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
The sixth-year vet from Missouri has added 700,000 followers on TikTok and more than 244,000 newcomers on Instagram, according to social media analytics platform Social Blade.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
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“Newcomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newcomer. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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newcomer
noun
new·com·er
ˈn(y)ü-ˌkəm-ər
1
: one recently arrived
2
: beginner
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