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noun
- an inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces
- a novice
- an athlete either new to the sport, to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
Translations: - Italian: principiante
- Dutch: beginneling, nieuwkomer
- French: bleu
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: novato
(trans-bottom)
adjective
- non-professional; amateur
- The game was going until I made that mistake.
Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit. Another reasonable origin is Dutch 'broekie' (short for broekvent, a boy still in short trousers), a common term for a shipmate.
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