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Foreigner vs Newcomer - What's the difference?

foreigner | newcomer | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between foreigner and newcomer

is that foreigner is a person from a foreign country while newcomer is one who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.

As a proper noun Newcomer is

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foreigner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person from a foreign country.
  • A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

    • Synonyms

    * * * (l) *

    Related terms

    * foreign * furriner

    newcomer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.

    • Synonyms

    * newbie * noob, (Internet slang)