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

  Greenhorn \Green"horn`\, n.
     A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. --W.
     Irving.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  greenhorn
       n : an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: {cub}, {rookie}]

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

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "greenhorn":
     abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk,
     babe, baby, beginner, boob, boot, catechumen, chump, cinch,
     credulous person, cull, dabbler, deb, debutant, dilettante,
     dull tool, dunce, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, emigrant,
     entrant, fall guy, fish, fledgling, fool, freshman, gate-crasher,
     gobe-mouches, greener, greeny, gudgeon, gull, ignoramus,
     illiterate, illiterati, immigrant, incapable, incompetent,
     inductee, infant, initiate, innocent, intruder, know-nothing,
     leadpipe cinch, learner, lowbrow, mediocrity, middlebrow, monkey,
     neophyte, nestling, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, no conjuror,
     no scholar, novice, novitiate, novus homo, parvenu, patsy, pigeon,
     plaything, postulant, prize sap, probationer, probationist,
     puddinghead, pushover, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, sap, saphead,
     schlemiel, settler, sitting duck, squatter, stooge, stowaway,
     sucker, tenderfoot, toy, trainee, trusting soul, tyro,
     unintelligentsia, upstart, victim
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Greenhorn, OR (city, FIPS 31050)
    Location: 44.70886 N, 118.49581 W
    Population (1990): 0 (4 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Greenhorn, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
     Population (2000):    146
     Housing Units (2000): 84
     Land area (2000):     6.721582 sq. miles (17.408817 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6.721582 sq. miles (17.408817 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            31029
     Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
     Location:             39.905794 N, 120.748665 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Greenhorn, CA
      Greenhorn
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Greenhorn, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
     Population (2000):    0
     Housing Units (2000): 7
     Land area (2000):     0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            31050
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             44.708737 N, 118.496872 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Greenhorn, OR
      Greenhorn
  

















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