Rookie

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.
  • noun. An inexperienced person; a novice.
  • noun. A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A recruit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • noun. A novice.
  • noun. An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
  • noun. A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
  • adjective. non-professional; amateur
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an awkward and inexperienced youth
  • Word Usage
    "If the 28-year old PGA Tour rookie is able to hold off Lucas Glover and other challengers, he might rewrite some records in the book."