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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   novice
       n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
            final vows [syn: novitiate, novice]
       2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice,
          beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]