Definition of "tyro" [ty•ro]

• A beginner in learning something. (noun)

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• "Rochas, which I had read in tyro fashion in other and busier days,"
• "Professionally, if not artistically speaking, Doré passed straight from child to man; in one sense of the word he had no boyhood, the term tyro remained inapplicable."
• ""You ain't exactly what they call a tyro, are you?" says the bland-faced man; "but I guess you've missed the mark this shot."