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Beginner

One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.

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Abecedarian 76% connected

One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

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Apprentice 76% connected

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade…

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Colonizer 76% connected

One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.

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Cub 76% connected

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

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Entrant 76% connected

One who enters; a beginner.

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Fledgeling 76% connected

A young bird just fledged.

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Foundress 76% connected

A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.

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Freshman 76% connected

novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university.

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Greenhorn 76% connected

A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.

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Landlubber 76% connected

One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

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Learner 76% connected

One who learns; a scholar.

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Lubber 76% connected

A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

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Neophyte 76% connected

A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Ch…

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Newcomer 76% connected

One who has lately come.

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Prentice 76% connected

An apprentice.

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Starter 76% connected

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

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Tenderfoot 76% connected

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.

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Conceiver 76% connected

One who conceives.

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Originator 76% connected

One who originates.

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Father 92% connected

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

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Founder 92% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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Initiate 92% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Novice 92% connected

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

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Tiro 92% connected

Same as Tyro.

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Tyro 92% connected

A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.

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