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beginner(noun, person, start, amateur, novice)
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novice(noun, person, start, something, amateur)
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rookie(noun, person, start, slang, informal)
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newcomer(noun, beginner)
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greenhorn(noun, person, start, amateur, beginner)
15
amateur(noun, amateur, participant, beginner, novice)
15
apprentice(noun, amateur, learner, beginner, novice)
14
tyro(noun, person, start, informal, beginner)
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freshman(noun, person, start, learner, beginner)
11
fledgling(noun, person, start, beginner)
10
catechumen(noun, learner)
10
initiate(noun, person, start, amateur)
10
learner(noun, person, learner)
10
novitiate(noun, person, start, beginner, novice)
10
proselyte(noun, convert, follower, recruit, learner)
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pupil(noun, person, learner, novice)
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recruit(noun, person, learner, beginner)
10
abecedarian(noun, person, start, beginner)
9
tenderfoot(noun, person, start, hopeful, recruit)
9
trainee(noun, learner, beginner)
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