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Noun: newbie  n(y)oo-bee
Usage: informal
  1. Any new participant in some activity
    "The experienced climbers welcomed the newbie to their mountaineering club";
    - newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman [N. Amer], entrant, newb [non-standard], noob [non-standard], n00b [non-standard], shavetail [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: newbies

Type of: beginner, initiate, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, tyro

Encyclopedia: Newbie, Dumfrieshire