Beginner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beginner \Be*gin"ner\, n.
     One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young
     or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
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           A sermon of a new beginner.              --Swift.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beginner
       n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: {novice}, {tyro}, {tiro},
             {initiate}]
       2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
          Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {founder},
          {founding father}, {father}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "beginner":
     abecedarian, agent, alphabetarian, ancestors, apprentice,
     architect, articled clerk, artificer, artist, author, baby,
     begetter, boot, builder, catalyst, catechumen, causer, colt,
     conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, deb, debutant,
     designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer,
     entrant, executor, executrix, father, fledgling, founder, freshman,
     generator, greenhorn, greeny, grower, ignoramus, inaugurator,
     inductee, industrialist, infant, initiate, initiator, inspirer,
     instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, learner,
     maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, mover,
     neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate,
     organizer, originator, parent, past master, planner, postulant,
     precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, probationer, probationist,
     producer, raiser, raw recruit, realizer, recruit, rookie, shaper,
     sire, smith, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, wright