Tenderfoot

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  • noun. A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
  • noun. An inexperienced person; a novice.
  • noun. A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A new-comer on the plains or in the bush, or one who has not become hardened to the life there; a greenhorn; a novice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
  • noun. See Boy scout.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An inexperienced person; a novice
  • noun. A newcomer to the region in the old U.S. frontier days.
  • noun. The lowest rank of Boy Scout.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
  • Word Usage
    "The highest commendatory degree which can be passed upon a man in that country, and the one which distinguishes him from the tenderfoot, is that of being a "sour-dough boy.""
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