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Answer for the clue "Recent recruit ", 8 letters:
newcomer

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A newcomer is someone who has recently arrived or recently joined a group. Newcomer may also refer to: Newcomer (surname) Newcomer (Lenape) , chief of the western Lenape and founder of Newcomerstown, Ohio Newcomer (Alien Nation) , a fictional humanoid species ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any new participant in some activity [syn: fledgling , fledgeling , starter , neophyte , freshman , newbie , entrant ] a recent arrival; "he's a newcomer to Boston"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE other ▪ Wilson steadied the team at the back and was supported well by Lawrence and the other newcomer , Bain. ▪ Meanwhile, those same gossipers will have found yet some other newcomer about whom to enthuse. political ...

Usage examples of newcomer.

But the civilization of Little Arcady would be alien to the newcomers, and I was apprehensive that it would also be difficult.

The newcomers teach a new religion, that of the Avatara of Kalkin, and claim it has swept all other faiths before it, throughout all the worlds settled by humankind.

Sighting them in turn, the newcomer reined in behind a fallen log and raised a hand in greeting as they came into hailing distance, then pulled back his hood to reveal a backswept shock of silver hair above sparkling gray eyes, an aquiline nose, and a full silver beard.

To a newly minted young lawyer, they seemed the epitome of hospitality and noble friendliness, offering lodging to newcomers and hosting dinners and parties at Bellevue and Belvidere for those who came to town for the circuit court in the spring and fall.

The only newcomers are the betweenmaid, Joan, and the nurse-valet who attended on my father-in-law.

Because these newcomers enjoyed much lower overheads and were not subject to decisions made by boards of directors on the other side of the world, they cut deeply into the HBCs established business.

Now one thing, Calanthe, that I have to say to all newcomers and I only say it once, so remember it well.

The dancing had begun so many of the newcomers leaped from the carreta or the saddle into the middle of the dance.

Tarzan and the attack on the newcomers now ranged around the Temple of Cupay as well as in the cave mouth, when a cook named Piresi pointed east and screamed.

The newcomer was a little slipshod girl in dirty curlpapers, who informed me that her master was sorry he could not see me that day as he was particularly engaged, but if I would do him the favour of calling to-morrow, at the same hour, he should be at leisure, etc.

If it took three hundred years to reach Dest, then the newcomer had presumably not come directly from prewar Old Earth by straight-line-course, so it might well have fired off a good bit of its original supply of ammunition at stops along the way, and so far as he knew, it would not have been able to rearm anywhere.

He would assure it that Dest had always been friendly, that he was content to stay there, and the newcomer was free to stay or go, and all would be well.

Turkey Gobbler never could stand it to have others speak in that way when he was around, so he thought he would show the newcomer how important he was.

For a moment Guli Sarahi conferred with the newcomer, who appeared to be an Uzbek.

I put my hands over my pubes, realised that all four of the newcomers were naked as I, and simply relaxed.