Tyro

(n.) A beginner in learning; a novice; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject.

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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