incomer

in·com·er

[in-kuhm-er]
noun
1.
a person who comes in.
2.
Chiefly British. an immigrant.
3.
an intruder.
4.
a successor.
5.
Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter.

Origin:
1520–30; in + comer

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incomer (ˈɪnkʌmə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person who comes to live in a place in which he was not born

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