rookie
rookie Lexical Profile
rookie Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A member of an athletic team in their first full season in a professional sport, or a new recruit in an organization such as a police force or the military.
"The basketball team drafted a promising young rookie straight out of college."
An inexperienced person who is new to a particular activity, job, or situation.
"Even a total rookie in the kitchen can prepare this simple pasta dish."
• adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or in one's first year or period of experience in a sport, profession, or activity.
"Leaving the back door unlocked was a classic rookie mistake."
• Rhymes for rookie
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century as British military slang, likely as an alteration of the word 'recruit' with the diminutive suffix '-ie', and popularized by Rudyard Kipling's 1892 Barrack-Room Ballads.