Usually means: Inexperienced newcomers, especially in occupation.
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  1. greenhorns: Merriam-Webster
  2. greenhorns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. greenhorns: Vocabulary.com
  4. Greenhorns, greenhorns: Wordnik
  5. greenhorns: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. greenhorns: Wiktionary
  7. greenhorns: Dictionary.com
  8. greenhorns: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Greenhorns: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Greenhorn)

noun:  (chiefly US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer.
noun:  (chiefly Massachusetts, ethnic slur, offensive) A Portuguese person.
noun:  A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
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