• Tyro

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈtʌɪɹəʊ/

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    Origin

    From Medieval Latin tyro, tīro ("young soldier, recruit").

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    Noun

    tyro

    (plural tyros or tyroes)
    1. 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 ....

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