New-comer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of newcomer. alt-of, dated

    "Some parleying was audible in the hall, and soon the new-comer entered. He bowed to Lady Ingram, as deeming her the eldest lady present."

Example

More examples

"The great swans swam round the new-comer, and stroked his neck with their beaks, as a welcome."

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