tyro
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin tīro (“young soldier, recruit”)
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Noun [edit]
- A beginner; a novice. [from 17th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 171:
- Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 171:
Translations [edit]
a beginner, a novice
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Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:beginner