late·com·er

[leyt-kuhm-er]
noun
a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.

Origin:
1865–70; late + comer

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latecomer (ˈleɪtˌkʌmə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person or thing that comes late

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Latecomer is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
If you are a latecomer to the party, forget lodgings.
But the mystery could now be solved by a latecomer to the field of antimatter
  research.
Being a latecomer, the firm opted to sell processor-, radio- and other sorts of
  chips together with the necessary software.
In that case, a defendant was a latecomer to a conspiracy to steal timber.
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