newcome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Just arrived; lately come.
noun
  1. A stranger newly arrived; a newcomer.
  2. The time at which any fruit comes into season.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

newcome more newcome most newcome new-come newcomes

Etymology

From Middle English neowecomen, from Old English nīwcumen, nīwancumen (“newly come, just arrived”), equivalent to new- + come.

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