Oldcomer

Quick meaning: Oldcomer is a noun meaning An immigrant or the descendant of immigrants who has lived in their new environment long enough to become well-established.

Meaning

An immigrant or the descendant of immigrants who has lived in their new environment long enough to become well-established.

More Meanings

1. A member of a therapeutic community who has achieved a trusted status and is assigned as a mentor to a newcomer.
2. One who has been acquainted with something for a long time; an established member of a group who is familiar with the group culture and resources.

Example Sentences

This profession has an important role to play in easing the tensions which often arise when newcomer meets oldcomer.

As has already been described, in the 'oldcomer' district, 'newcomers' are at times in the position of being helped by the established 'foreigners' of the community.

The challenge of the latter way of joining a subgroup arises when the newcomer does not have an oldcomer willing to help her navigate the reified resources of the current community.

For instance, if a newcomer in any neighbourhood called first on an oldcomer, the act was classed with burglaries: nobody ever did call thus on an older resident, but, if anyone had, that is how it would have been looked on.

Word Forms

• oldcomers

Synonyms for oldcomer

Depending on context, synonyms include veteran.

Antonyms for oldcomer

Common opposites include newcomer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include immigrant, ethnic, emigree, native speaker, whenwe, precolonial.

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