Latecomer definition
Frequency:
One who arrives late.
Waited for the latecomers to be seated.
noun
A recent arrival, participant, or convert.
A car company that was a latecomer to the hybrid market.
noun
One that arrives or comes late.
noun
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.
noun
One who arrived late.
At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
latecomer
Plural:
latecomers