new-come, ppl. a. and n.
[new adv. 3 b.]
A. ppl. a. Newly arrived; but lately come.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 14 marg., Biscope is forboden þæt he onfoe niwe cumenum preost & to ᵹehælᵹenne ferunga. c 1205 Lay. 8562 Cassibellaune lette..cuðen his kempen þa tiðende neow cumene. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 60 Wyle nw ȝer was so ȝep þat hit was nwe cummen. a 1350 St. Barth. 69 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 119 A new-cumen schrew, A lurdan þat hat Bertelmew. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 89 Comelynge, newcum man or woman. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2426 Quhair traist ȝe I sall find ȝon new-cumde King? 1590 Marlowe Edw. II, i. i, The sight of London..Is as Elysium to a new-come soul. 1633 Ford 'Tis Pity ii. vi, A fellow with a broad beard (they say he is a new-come doctor). 1681 Hickeringill Sin Man-catching Wks. 1716 I. 179 A New-Mode, lately Invented, and new come over from beyond Seas. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 405 The six new-come Nations liv'd friendly together. 1785 Burns Brigs of Ayr 87 It chanced his new-come neebor took his e'e. 1808 Scott Marm. v. vi, While burghers, with important face, Described each new-come lord. 1873 Leland Egypt. Sketch Bk. 35 They don't object to speak the language before their new-come companions. |
B. n. A new or recent arrival; a novice.
| 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 106 b, The Plane tree is but a stranger, and a newe come to Italie. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie i. 18 Is it reason that a new-come should disturbe him from so auncient a possession? 1633 Ford Broken H. ii. i, Fear not, I am no new-come to 't. 1821 Egan Life Lond. I. 300 There were some New-comes. [note, The name given to any new faces discovered among the usual visitants.] 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 497 Newcome, an officer commencing his career. Any stranger or fresh hand newly arrived. |
So new-comeling. rare.
| 1577, 1815 [see comeling]. |