new comer meaning (dated): definition, quotations

new comer

nounalso spelled new-comer

Dated Dated form of newcomer.

‘There may be other faubourgs more patriotic,’ answered Ishmael; ‘there may be those who will avenge the blood of Baudin. But don’t let us talk politics. The subject is not the safest; and you must remember that I am a new comer, and have hardly had time to form my opinions.’[1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘Death is come up into our Windows’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, page 260:

noun

Dated Dated form of newcomer.

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.1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 18, in Jane Eyre:
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

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