Tyro
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈtʌɪɹəʊ/
Alternative forms
Origin
From Medieval Latin tyro, tīro ("young soldier, recruit").
Full definition of tyro
Noun
- A beginner; a novice. from 17th c.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 171:Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away ....