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NOVICE
novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
(noun) someone new to a field or activity
novitiate, novice
(noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
novice (plural novices)
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. [from 14th c.]
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms
• (person new to an activity): amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling
• See also beginner
Anagrams
• nocive
Source: Wiktionary
Nov"ice, n. Etym: [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.
2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6.
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
Nov"ice, a.
Definition: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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