c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 14 (MED) Othir sey þat it is called auentyne of new comeres or dwelleris þerto.

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 16 New commers walkt, abrode for taking cold.

1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte To Gentl. Acquaint. sig. F2 For other new-commers, I leaue them to the mercie of these painted monsters.

1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 61 A new Commer aprehends them with a judgement fresh, and sincere.

1679 J. Leanerd Counterfeits i. ii. 6 In the mean time we'll take a turn in the Yard, and see this Newcomer.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 12 Jan. in Wks. (1955) VII. 250 To produce a good effect on the eye of a new comer.

1783 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 259 Several of them strongly suspected to be new-comers.

1832 H. Martineau Weal & Woe i. 8 He..went to new comers in preference to old neighbours.

1860 E. Macpherson My Experiences in Austral. 17 My first remark on seeing the younger, and for the most part native-born among the newcomers, was, ‘What a set of Yankees!’

1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) xii. 288 Drill was renewed, and the new-comers taught the first elements of marching.

1930 New Statesman 27 Dec. 357/2 The Gum-trees or Eucalypts are new~comers to California.

1990 P. Ustinov Old Man & Mr Smith i. 4 ‘At last!’ said the Old Man, pointedly. ‘What do you mean, at last?’ snarled the newcomer.

1927 L. Colcord & O. E. Rölvaag tr. O. E. Rölvaag Giants in Earth i. iii. v. 77 Store-Hans had to try out his stock of newcomer English on the Indians.

1947 Newsweek 6 Oct. 78/2 The ‘plebe’ system which gives upper classmen authority over newcomer midshipmen filled Smith with revulsion.

1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique xi. 260 Her sexual offerings were so impersonal and predictable that only a newcomer husband would take them seriously enough to respond.

1991 Economist 24 Aug. 40/3 Many of the newcomer colleges lack credentials. They may masquerade as universities, but are really community colleges.

1970 H. Malicky in Jrnl. Lepidopterists' Soc. 24 190 The behavior of ants in respect to lycaenid larvae shows no significant difference between species which lack Newcomer's gland and those which have it.

1970 H. Malicky in Jrnl. Lepidopterists' Soc. 24 192 These organs are, like Newcomer's organ, homologous to hairs.

1981 Science 13 Mar. 1185/2 The seventh abdominal segment of the larva bears a dorsal gland, Newcomer's organ, that oozes a honeydew which the ants harvest.

1984 Ecology 65 656/1 The..extrafloral nectar secretions of the Acacia, and the Newcomer's gland and thickened cuticle of lycaenid larvae, are adaptations requiring a metabolic and material cost to the ant-soliciting species.

1993 Jrnl. Austral. Entomol. Soc. 32 283 In keeping with other myrmecophiles, the larvae of A[rhopala] madytus possess both a Newcomer's organ and tentacular organs.