rookie
noun/ˈrʊki/
/ˈrʊki/
(informal)- (especially North American English) a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience
- The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with selection day.
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- (North American English) a member of a sports team in his or her first full year of playing that sport
- Derek Jeter was voted American League Rookie of the Year in 1996.
- a rookie quarterback
Word Originlate 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of recruit, influenced by rook ‘black bird’.
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