different between latecomer vs firstcomer

English

Etymology

late +? comer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?t?k?m.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?t?k?m.?/

Noun

latecomer (plural latecomers)

1. 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.

2. One who arrived late.

   At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.

Antonyms

• earlycomer

Translations

See also

• Johnny-come-lately
• late to the party

Anagrams

• alcometer, coal-meter, metalcore

English

Etymology

From first +? comer.

Noun

firstcomer (plural firstcomers)

1. One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398:

     But at long last the summer, high summer, was upon them, with the promised arrival of the four firstcomers to the old manor house.

Antonyms

• latecomer

Anagrams

• crestiform