latecomer

English

Etymology

From late +‎ comer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ə/
• (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
• Estonian: hilineja
• Finnish: myöhästyjä, mattimyöhäinen (fi), maijamyöhäinen (fi)
• French: retardataire (fr) m
• Irish: leastar m
• Italian: ritardatario (it) m
• Norman: r'tardataithe m (Jersey)
• Russian: опозда́вший (ru) m (opozdávšij), опозда́вшая (ru) f (opozdávšaja)
• Swedish: eftersläntrare c, senkomling c

See also

• Johnny-come-lately
• late to the party

Anagrams

• alcometer, coal-meter, metalcore