tyro

== English == === Alternative forms === tiro === Etymology === From Latin tīrō (“young soldier, recruit”). In Medieval Latin the term was often spelt as tyro whence the English spelling is derived. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɹəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɹoʊ/ === Noun === tyro (plural tyros or tyroes) A beginner; a novice. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beginner 1857, The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 525, Master of that woodland-cunning enabling the adept to subsist where the tyro would perish... ==== Related terms ==== tyrociny tirocinium ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “tyro”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === Tory, Troy, ryot, tory, troy == Baltic Romani == === Pronoun === tyro (Litovska) masculine genitive of tu ==== Declension ====