Newling

Origin

From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling ("a novice, beginner"), German Neuling ("a novice").

Full definition of newling

Noun

1. One who is new (to something); a newcomer; a novice; a newbie.
• 1879, Henry Mayhew, The boyhood of Martin Luther:"... Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town."
• 2006, Michele Hauf, Rhiana:“A newling!” Fascinated, but wary not to stand and reach for it, Rhiana kept her ears pricked—and heard another. A newling and its elder protector.
• 2012, Elle Jasper, Eventide: The Dark Ink Chronicles:Unlike a newling, I have to have air to breathe, and this idiot is squeezing so hard I can barely draw in a breath.