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newcomer

 noun
     
new‧com‧er [countable]
1 someone who has only recently arrived somewhere or only recently started a particular activity [↪ novice]
newcomer to
I'm a relative newcomer to the retail business.
a special award for the most promising newcomer
2 something that did not exist before
newcomer to
The most glamorous newcomer to the Volkswagen Golf range is the revamped GTi 16 valve.
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