newcomer:
(also ‘incomer’; plural: ‘newcomers‘; pronunciation: ‘new…comer’ — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a newcomer (R) being welcomed by a friendly local (L)
a person who has recently arrived at a new place/locality/community/society/country;
a person who has recently/newly joined some group/class/club/association;
a person who has recently/newly started to participate in an activity/a job/a course/a trade;
a newcomer (R) being received into the club/association
As a newcomer to the class, Benson found everything strange and different from what he’d seen before.
According to our club regulations, all the newcomers are expected to wear their membership cards on their jacket breast pockets.
Theirs is a friendly locality; unlike in some other localities, the locals receive newcomers cordially and treat them well!
