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novice
A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
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  1. A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
  2. A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.
freshman
A student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
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  1. A student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
  2. A beginner; a novice.
apprentice
Any learner or beginner; novice
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  1. Any learner or beginner; novice
  2. A person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union
  3. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.
neophyte
A beginner or novice:
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  1. A beginner or novice:
  2. A novice of a religious order or congregation.
  3. One just beginning a new kind of life, work, etc.; beginner; novice
abecedarian
A person learning the alphabet; beginning student
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  1. A person learning the alphabet; beginning student
  2. A beginner; a novice.
  3. (Historical) A member of a 16th-century Anabaptist sect, follower of the Zwickau prophets (specially of Thomas Storch), who believed that any kind of knowledge (even basic reading and writing) would keep one from reaching obtaining salvation. [from 19th c.]
tyro
A beginner in learning something; novice
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  1. A beginner in learning something; novice
initiate
One who has been introduced to or has attained some knowledge in a particular field.
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  1. One who has been introduced to or has attained some knowledge in a particular field.
  2. A person who has recently been, or is about to be, initiated
newcomer
A recent arrival
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  1. A recent arrival
  2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
  3. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
entrant
Participant
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  1. Participant
  2. Newcomer
  3. A person who enters, esp. one who enters a contest
recruit
A new member of any group, body, or organization
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  1. A new member of any group, body, or organization
  2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. A newly engaged member of a military force, especially one of the lowest rank or grade.
trainee
One who is being trained.
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  1. One who is being trained.
  2. Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
  3. A person undergoing job training, military training, etc.
intern
A person who is interned; an internee.
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  1. A person who is interned; an internee.
  2. A physician who has recently graduated from medical school and is learning medical practice in a hospital under supervision, prior to beginning a residency program.
  3. A person, esp. a student, participating in a program of temporary, supervised work in a particular field in order to gain practical experience
fledgling
A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
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  1. A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
  2. (Figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
  3. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly.
tenderfoot
A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
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  1. A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
  2. An inexperienced person; a novice
  3. Any newcomer, novice, or beginner
novitiate
The quarters assigned to religious novices
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  1. The quarters assigned to religious novices
  2. A place where novices live.
  3. The period or state of being a novice
catechumen
One who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level.
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  1. One who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level.
  2. A person, esp. an adult, receiving instruction in the fundamentals of Christianity before baptism or confirmation
rookie
An inexperienced person; a novice.
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  1. An inexperienced person; a novice.
  2. (Sports) A first-year or first-time player in a particular league, event, etc.
  3. (Sports) A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.
greenhorn
(--- Now Rare) A newly arrived immigrant
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  1. (--- Now Rare) A newly arrived immigrant
  2. An inexperienced person; beginner; novice
  3. An inexperienced or immature person, especially one who is easily deceived.
boot
A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
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  1. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
  2. A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
  3. A Denver boot.
abecedarian
A person learning the alphabet; beginning student
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  1. A person learning the alphabet; beginning student
  2. (Historical) A member of a 16th-century Anabaptist sect, follower of the Zwickau prophets (specially of Thomas Storch), who believed that any kind of knowledge (even basic reading and writing) would keep one from reaching obtaining salvation. [from 19th c.]
  3. A beginner; a novice.
fledgling
A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
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  1. A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
  2. (Figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
  3. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly.
freshman
A student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
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  1. A student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
  2. A beginner; a novice.
greenhorn
(--- Now Rare) A newly arrived immigrant
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  1. (--- Now Rare) A newly arrived immigrant
  2. An inexperienced or immature person, especially one who is easily deceived.
  3. An inexperienced person; beginner; novice
initiate
One who has been introduced to or has attained some knowledge in a particular field.
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  1. One who has been introduced to or has attained some knowledge in a particular field.
  2. A person who has recently been, or is about to be, initiated
neophyte
A beginner or novice:
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  1. A beginner or novice:
  2. A novice of a religious order or congregation.
  3. One just beginning a new kind of life, work, etc.; beginner; novice
novice
A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
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  1. A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
  2. A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.
novitiate
The period of being a novice.
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  1. The period of being a novice.
  2. A place where novices live.
  3. The period or state of being a novice
tenderfoot
A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
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  1. A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
  2. An inexperienced person; a novice
  3. Any newcomer, novice, or beginner
tyro
A beginner in learning something; novice
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  1. A beginner in learning something; novice
rookie
An inexperienced person; a novice.
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  1. An inexperienced person; a novice.
  2. (Sports) A first-year or first-time player in a particular league, event, etc.
  3. (Informal) Any beginner or novice
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  • The beginner takes first a course in the grammar of classical Arabic, for he has hitherto learned only to read, write and count.

  • Frontpage is the WYSIWYG design tool of choice for millions of designers precisely because it can be easy enough for a a beginner to use and also allow the more advanced designers to tweak things like CSS and other web 2.0 technologies.

  • Henry of Trastamara, the beginner of the new Ifenryof kings (1368-1379), reigned by election.

  • He was climbing alone, something I guess you're not supposed to do, especially if you're a beginner like Shipton was.

  • About a century before this the Dipa-vamsa, or Island Chronicle, had been composed in Pali verse so indifferent that it is apparently the work of a beginner in Pali composition.

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