NEWCOMER
NOUNS – PERSON
► APPLE-KNOCKER an inexperienced youthful worker; a naive newcomer, a greenhorn → 1942 US sl.
► BABE IN THE WOODS an inexperienced novice; a newcomer → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BIRD an outsider, a newcomer, an unconventional person → 1931 sl., orig. US tramps’ usage
► CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person → 1897 Amer. dial.
► COME-O’-WILL a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there → 1815 Sc.
► GREENER a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person; a newcomer; a naive person → 1877 Amer. dial.
► GRIFFIN a greenhorn; a newcomer → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► INCOME a newcomer, an arrival → 1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► INCOMER a newcomer, a stranger, an immigrant; one who is not a native of the district into which he comes to settle and who does not, in the eyes of the natives, from a natural part of the community; has a somewhat derogatory connotation and often implies an intruder → 1736 Sc.
► JOHNNIE NEWCOME ► JOHNNY NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. → 1823 sl.
► JOHNNY-COME-LATELY any newcomer → 20C Aust. sl.
► MACCA ► MACKER a new recruit; a newcomer → 1944 Aust. military sl.
► MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist → 1914 Hawaii
► MOONEAS ► MOONIAS a newcomer, a tenderfoot → c1880 esp. among North American Indians in Canada, derogatory
► NEW JACK 1. a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets → 1985 chiefly African-American
2. a newcomer, esp. one likely to be a success → 1988 US sl.
► NEW JILL a new female participant in an activity or group → 1990 US sl.
► NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. → 1821 sl.
► NEWFER a new participant in an activity or group → 1971 US sl.
► NEWIE ► NEWY a new student, a newcomer → 1834 US students’ sl.
► NEWK a newcomer, a novice → 1972 US students’ sl.
► PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot → 1867 Amer. dial.
► TENDERFOOT an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area; a greenhorn; a naive or inexperienced person → 1866 Amer. dial.
► UNCO BODY a stranger, an outsider, a newcomer → 1811 Sc.
► YOUNG BLOOD a person new to an organization, field of activity, etc., who is regarded as an invigorating influence; usually in plural → 1830
► YOUNGS young or newly initiated persons; newcomers; novices → 1890
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