greenhorn

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Renee W. said, "Sometimes a greenhorn is a dark horse and even a nova."

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

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

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  1. In allusion to a cow, deer, or other horned animal when its horns are immature. Greenhorn (Middle English Greyne horn) is applied to an ox in the “Towneley Mysteries.”
 

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/ˈgrinhɔrn/
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