Greenhorn (slang)

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• Greenhorn — is slang for an inexperienced person.Greenhorn can also refer to: * Greenhorn, California, United States * Greenhorn, Oregon, United States * The Greenhornes, a rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio …   Wikipedia

• greenhorn —    Originally a reference to a young animal with new horns, but applied to a person with the meaning ‘simpleton’, or in American slang, ‘rookie’, since the end of the seventeenth century. Vocative use is more frequent in the USA than in Britain.… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• greenhorn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. neophyte, beginner; dupe, gull; slang, immigrant, newcomer. See beginning, credulity, ingress. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Beginner] Syn. apprentice, New hand, novice; see amateur . 2. [A boor] Syn. yokel …   English dictionary for students

• greenhorn — greenhornism, n. /green hawrn /, n. 1. an untrained or inexperienced person. 2. a naive or gullible person; someone who is easily tricked or swindled. 3. Slang. a newly arrived immigrant; newcomer. [1425 75; late ME; see GREEN, HORN; orig.… …   Universalium

• rookie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, beginner, novice, greenhorn, tenderfoot. See beginning. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. fresh recruit, *greenhorn, *tenderfoot, beginner, newcomer, freshman, *frosh, raw recruit, *Johnny… …   English dictionary for students

• freshman — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plebe, underclassman; novice, greenhorn, tenderfoot, frosh (inf.). See beginning, school. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. beginner, first year student, novice, recruit, lowerclassman, tenderfoot, greenhorn,… …   English dictionary for students

• tenderfoot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. newcomer, recruit, novice, greenhorn (inf.). See beginning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. apprentice, novice, beginner, greenhorn*; see amateur . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. newcomer, beginner, novice …   English dictionary for students

• neophyte — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. beginner, tyro, novice; initiate, debutant, greenhorn (inf.), greeny (inf.), rookie (sl.). See learning, beginning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. novice, student, beginner; see amateur , beginner . See… …   English dictionary for students

• novice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. beginner, student, amateur, probationer, neophyte, apprentice; tyro, greenhorn. See beginning, learning, preparation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. beginner, learner, neophyte, postulant; see amateur ,… …   English dictionary for students

• beginner — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. novice, freshman, apprentice, neophyte, abecedarian, tyro, initiate, newcomer, entrant, recruit, trainee, intern, fledgling, tenderfoot, novitiate, catechumen, rookie*, greenhorn*, boot*; see also amateur . II (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students