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recruit(noun, person, initiate, pledge, learner)
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arrival(noun, something)
6
initiate(noun, pledge, volunteer, amateur, learner)
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novitiate(noun, beginner)
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trainee(noun, beginner)
5
colt(noun, recruit, learner, pupil, beginner)
5
comer
5
fledgeling
5
incomer(noun, alien, visitor, settler, foreigner)
5
intruder(noun, alien, visitor, settler, foreigner)
5
starter
5
upstart
5
visitor(noun, delivery, alien, settler, foreigner)
4
emigrant(adjective, extraneousness)
4
fresher
4
interloper(noun, alien, visitor, settler, foreigner)
4
tiro
3
catechumen
3
deb
3
new arrival(noun, expression, alien, visitor, foreigner)
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