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beginner
CIDE DICTIONARY
beginner, n.
One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [1913 Webster]
"A sermon of a new beginner." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beginner, n. a person just beginning to learn a skill etc.
Idiom
beginner's luck good luck supposed to attend a beginner at games etc.
THESAURUS
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, wrightROGET THESAURUS
beginner
Learner
N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.For further exploring for "beginner" in Webster Dictionary Online