first-timer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of first-timer
first time + -er 1
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Molly Haynes, a first-timer, posed with outstretched arms under a big red Buc-ee’s sign, while Rose Schneider captured the moment on her phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Space first-timer Wu told a news conference on Thursday that he felt "incomparably lucky".
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
“If they try to take someone I’m escorting, do you—do you, like, get in the way?” the first-timer asked, speaking softly.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
During a break in the middle of the hike, new volunteer and full moon first-timer Aria Middleman took a seat on a nearby rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
"It's lonesome'ern hell; but it ain't that altogether thet hurts a first-timer, Lutts—it's the gang of old-timers he's bound to meet inside every jail."
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
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