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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tyro
n : someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner,
tiro, initiate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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)
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
beginner, initiate, novice, tiro
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