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novice |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Novice \Nov"ice\, a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Novice \Nov"ice\, n. [F., from L. novicius novitius, new from novus new See {New}, and cf {Novitious}.] 1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade --Dryden. 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6. 3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist --Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: novice adj : at a first stage of development; just becoming familiar with the rudiments or skills or routines; "a beginning bodybuilder"; "a beginning reader"; "a novice cook" [syn: {beginning(a)}, {novice(a)}] n : someone new to a field or activity [syn: {beginner}, {tyro}, {tiro}, {initiate}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Novice, TX (city, FIPS 52668) Location: 31.98746 N, 99.62494 W Population (1990): 183 (101 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79538
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