Dictionary entry

Tyro

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ty″ro (?), n.; pl.Tyros (#). [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a beginner.] A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice. [Written also tiro.]

The management of tyros of eighteen

Is difficult. Cowper.