novice
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
novice /ˈnɒvɪs/
▶noun
- 1 a person who is new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
- 2 a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.
- 3 a racehorse that has not yet won a major prize or reached a level of performance to qualify for important events.
– origin ME: from OFr., from late L. novicius, from novus ‘new’.
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