latecomer

English

Etymology

From late +‎ comer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ɚ/

Noun

latecomer (plural latecomers)

1. One who has arrived comparatively recently.

   The old families in the neighborhood look down on him as a latecomer, his family only arrived in the 18th century, too nouveau for them.

2. One who arrived late.

   At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.

Antonyms

• earlycomer

Translations

one who arrived late

Catalan: tocatardà m Dutch: laatkomer (nl) m Estonian: hilineja Finnish: myöhästyjä, mattimyöhäinen (fi), maijamyöhäinen (fi) French: retardataire (fr) m German: Zuspätkommender m, Zuspätkommende f Irish: leastar m Italian: ritardatario (it) m Norman: r'tardataithe m (Jersey) Russian: опозда́вший (ru) m (opozdávšij), опозда́вшая (ru) f (opozdávšaja) Spanish: tardón m Swedish: eftersläntrare c, senkomling c Welsh: hwyrddyfodiad m

See also

• Johnny-come-lately
• late to the party

Anagrams

• alcometer, coal-meter, metalcore