Tyro

5 definitions found

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

  Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. {Tyros}. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a
     beginner.]
     A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
     branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a
     subject; a novice. [Written also {tiro}.]
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The management of tyros of eighteen
           Is difficult.                            --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tyro
       n : someone new to a field or activity [syn: {novice}, {beginner},
            {tiro}, {initiate}]

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

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tyro":
     abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby,
     beginner, boot, catechumen, colt, dabbler, deb, debutant,
     dilettante, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny,
     ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, learner, neophyte, nestling,
     new boy, newcomer, nonprofessional, novice, novitiate, postulant,
     probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, smatterer,
     tenderfoot, trainee
  
  

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

  Tyro, KS (city, FIPS 71925)
    Location: 37.03670 N, 95.82142 W
    Population (1990): 243 (98 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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

  Tyro, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
     Population (2000):    226
     Housing Units (2000): 105
     Land area (2000):     0.528020 sq. miles (1.367566 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.528020 sq. miles (1.367566 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            71925
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             37.035742 N, 95.821679 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Tyro, KS
      Tyro