tyro

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin tīro (“young soldier, recruit”)

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈtʌɪɹəʊ/

Noun [edit]

tyro (plural tyros or tyroes)

  1. 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 [...].

Translations [edit]

a beginner, a novice

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