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Beginner

//bɪˈɡɪnə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.

    "I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner."

  2. 2
    a person who founds or establishes some institution wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who sets something in motion.

    "The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch."

  4. 4
    someone new to a field or activity wordnet
  5. 5
    An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.

    "On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]"

Etymology

From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”, literally “new-beginner”).

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