latecomern.

Brit.

/ˈleɪtˌkʌmə/, U.S.

/ˈleɪtˌkəmər/

Forms: see late adj.¹ and comer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: late adj.¹, comer n.

Etymology: < late adj.¹ + comer n., in sense 1 after Middle French tart-venus, tars-venus, plural (c1410–20 in the passage translated in quot. 1523 at sense 1).

1. French History. In plural. During the Hundred Years War: a name for the disbanded companies of soldiers who overran and pillaged France after the treaty of Brétigny in 1360. Cf. routier n.²

ΚΠ

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxiv. f. cix^v/1 Great companyes the Whiche were called the late commers, bicause they hadde as than but lyttell pylled in the Realme of France.

1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France ii. 381 The Gascons and the Bretons rambled all over Anjou, Poitou, and Tourain for pillage and plunder, and those Bands that were named the Tard-Venus, or Late-Comers.

1848 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 17/1 The outlaws, for a moment weakened, soon re-appeared, giving themselves the name of Tard-venus, or Late-comers.

1891 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 416 His whole life was spent in raids..upon the Brabanters, late-comers, flayers, [etc.].

2006 J. A. Wagner Encycl. Hundred Years War 273/2 Another routier army, the so-called Tard-Venus (Latecomers), pillaged the region around Lyons.

2. A person who arrives late for something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness > one who is late

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1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E4^v Tushe, there is no good luck in this delaye, Come, come, late commers man are shent.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xlii. 259 Swarms of late-comers..; who are content to take descriptions..from those who had the good fortune to have been in time to see us.

1819 Christian Herald 7 Aug. 228 Do these late comers not know the time?

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxvii. 81 ‘What a late comer you are!’ she said, as they shook hands. ‘Mamma had given you up a little while ago.’

1923 Observer 4 Mar. 11/5 Latecomers will not be admitted until the curtain has fallen after the first act.

1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. ii. 453 An anxious latecomer making the quietest possible entrance.

2000 S. B. King et al. Compl. Guide to Training Delivery (2001) v. 124 Latecomers often disrupt a session by asking questions that were answered while they were absent.

3. A recent arrival, a newcomer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival > one who arrives > newly-arrived

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1685 W. Kennett tr. Pliny Addr. Thanks to Good Prince 72 Yet was this exemption allow'd onely to the ancient Denizens, all the late-comers..were in respect of the nearest relation accounted as no better than Aliens.

1881 H. H. Griffin Bicycles & Tricycles of Year 135 A whole host of fresh names appeared among the exhibitors, and some of these late comers seem determined to push themselves into prominence.

1899 Independent (N.Y.) 23 Feb. 545/2 One sees very few black people, and these mostly late comers, from St. Thomas and Antigua, who speak English.

1912 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd (rev. ed.) xxxii. 247 In her topographical ignorance as a late comer to the place, she misreckoned the distance.

1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 701/2 The drawing collection of the Chicago Art Institute was a late-comer amongst the rich art collections of the ‘windy city’.

2000 Church Times 21 Jan. 8/2 The religious dimension, in many ways a late-comer to the conflict, has now assumed centre stage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	latecomer
释义	latecomern. Brit. /ˈleɪtˌkʌmə/, U.S. /ˈleɪtˌkəmər/ Forms: see late adj.¹ and comer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: late adj.¹, comer n. Etymology: < late adj.¹ + comer n., in sense 1 after Middle French tart-venus, tars-venus, plural (c1410–20 in the passage translated in quot. 1523 at sense 1). 1. French History. In plural. During the Hundred Years War: a name for the disbanded companies of soldiers who overran and pillaged France after the treaty of Brétigny in 1360. Cf. routier n.² ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxiv. f. cix^v/1 Great companyes the Whiche were called the late commers, bicause they hadde as than but lyttell pylled in the Realme of France. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France ii. 381 The Gascons and the Bretons rambled all over Anjou, Poitou, and Tourain for pillage and plunder, and those Bands that were named the Tard-Venus, or Late-Comers. 1848 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 17/1 The outlaws, for a moment weakened, soon re-appeared, giving themselves the name of Tard-venus, or Late-comers. 1891 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 416 His whole life was spent in raids..upon the Brabanters, late-comers, flayers, [etc.]. 2006 J. A. Wagner Encycl. Hundred Years War 273/2 Another routier army, the so-called Tard-Venus (Latecomers), pillaged the region around Lyons. 2. A person who arrives late for something. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness > one who is late raven messengera1400 corbie messengera1525 latecomer1599 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E4^v Tushe, there is no good luck in this delaye, Come, come, late commers man are shent. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xlii. 259 Swarms of late-comers..; who are content to take descriptions..from those who had the good fortune to have been in time to see us. 1819 Christian Herald 7 Aug. 228 Do these late comers not know the time? 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxvii. 81 ‘What a late comer you are!’ she said, as they shook hands. ‘Mamma had given you up a little while ago.’ 1923 Observer 4 Mar. 11/5 Latecomers will not be admitted until the curtain has fallen after the first act. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. ii. 453 An anxious latecomer making the quietest possible entrance. 2000 S. B. King et al. Compl. Guide to Training Delivery (2001) v. 124 Latecomers often disrupt a session by asking questions that were answered while they were absent. 3. A recent arrival, a newcomer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival > one who arrives > newly-arrived latecomer1685 1685 W. Kennett tr. Pliny Addr. Thanks to Good Prince 72 Yet was this exemption allow'd onely to the ancient Denizens, all the late-comers..were in respect of the nearest relation accounted as no better than Aliens. 1881 H. H. Griffin Bicycles & Tricycles of Year 135 A whole host of fresh names appeared among the exhibitors, and some of these late comers seem determined to push themselves into prominence. 1899 Independent (N.Y.) 23 Feb. 545/2 One sees very few black people, and these mostly late comers, from St. Thomas and Antigua, who speak English. 1912 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd (rev. ed.) xxxii. 247 In her topographical ignorance as a late comer to the place, she misreckoned the distance. 1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 701/2 The drawing collection of the Chicago Art Institute was a late-comer amongst the rich art collections of the ‘windy city’. 2000 Church Times 21 Jan. 8/2 The religious dimension, in many ways a late-comer to the conflict, has now assumed centre stage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523
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