new australian
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A post-WWII migrant to Australia, especially one from Europe whose first language was not English.
Australian usage
noun
A member of the New Australia settlement in Paraguay.
Example Sentences
- "The New Australians are the sober ones here. All saving their money for when their two years are up, to buy a house or start a business or something. But for the language trouble, they're the best men that I've got."
- "To go to Paraguay to-day involves at least six months absence from Australia[.] Our "New Australians," in order to reach this promised land, bought the S.S. "Royal Tar" for £1,620, and on the 16th July, 1893, 240 idealists set sail."