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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
first-timer

"rookie, one doing something for the first time," 1888, from first time; see first (adj.) + time (n.).

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first-timer

n. a person engaging in any activity for the first time

Usage examples of "first-timer".

He knew that Rooie had been one of the few prostitutes who went out of her way to do a kindness for the first-timers.

The first-timers took turns on the winding road beside the Eagers, a repetitive canon on one simple theme.

First, I have found that a kind of universal inverse ratio applies, so that only about half of the first-timers respond again, and only half of the second-timers, and so on, so that the correspondence tends to damp out.

You'll find tales here by some Repeat Offenders as well as by some First-Timers.