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latecomer

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun latecomer has 1 sense
  1. latecomer - someone who arrives late
    --1 is a kind of
    arrival, arriver, comer

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Latecomer

Noun

Sense 1:

A person who arrives or enters a place after the expected or usual time.

Example sentence: As a latecomer, he missed the beginning of the movie.

Sense 2:

A person who starts or joins an activity or group after it has already begun.

Example sentence: The new employee felt like a latecomer to the team, as everyone else had been working together for months.

Adjective

Sense 1:

Arriving, happening, or taking place after the expected or usual time.

Example sentence: The latecomer train disrupted the entire schedule.

Sense 2:

Coming or remaining after others in a sequence or order.

Example sentence: In the park, the latecomer flowers bloomed last.

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