newling
nounEtymology From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling (“a novice, beginner”), German Neuling (“a novice”).
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One who is new (to something); a newcomer; a novice; a newbie.
- "[…] Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town."1879, Henry Mayhew, The boyhood of Martin Luther:
- “A newling!” Fascinated, but wary not to stand and reach for it, Rhiana kept her ears pricked—and heard another. A newling and its elder protector.2006, Michele Hauf, Rhiana:
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- Unlike a newling, I have to have air to breathe, and this idiot is squeezing so hard I can barely draw in a breath.2012, Elle Jasper, Eventide: The Dark Ink Chronicles: