Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tyro"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. {Tyros}. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a
beginner.]
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a
subject; a novice. [Written also {tiro}.]
The management of tyros of eighteen Is difficult.
--Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tyro
n : someone new to a field or activity [syn: {novice}, {beginner},
{tiro}, {initiate}]
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