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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An inexperienced or immature person, especially one who is easily deceived.
  2. n. A newcomer, especially one who is unfamiliar with the ways of a place or group.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A raw, inexperienced person; one unacquainted with the world or with local customs, and therefore easily imposed upon.

Wiktionary

  1. n. an inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an awkward and inexperienced youth

Etymologies

  1. Middle English greene horn, horn of a newly slaughtered animal : grene, green; see green + horn, horn; see horn.

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  • ofravens None of that greenhorn lot matched her bright crown
    from "The Queen's Complaint," Sylvia Plath Apr 14, 2008

‘greenhorn’ has been looked up 1711 times, loved by 2 people, added to 17 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 13.