Definition of "latecomer" []

• One that arrives late: waited for the latecomers to be seated. (noun)
• A recent arrival, participant, or convert: a company that was a latecomer to the video-game market. (noun)

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• "Heck, if the latecomer were a successful governor who tamed a blue state or a Republican superstar who set President Obama back on his heels on ObamaCare, entitlement reform and the debt, that person could decide in December to make the run."
• "A fair point perhaps: someone like me appreciates Tamil masala because it testifies to the survival of something that no longer exists in Hindi cinema (i.e. my default is Hindi cinema, and as you know I am a "latecomer" to Tamil cinema)."
• "And "Barely True," and that McCain was a "latecomer" to the discussion."