newling

noun

1. One who is new (to something); a newcomer; a novice; a newbie.

   "[…] Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town."

Where it comes from

From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling (“a novice, beginner”), German Neuling (“a novice”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry newling (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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