Usually means: Inexperienced newcomer, especially in occupation.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Greenhorn:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. greenhorn: Merriam-Webster
  2. greenhorn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. greenhorn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. greenhorn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. greenhorn: Vocabulary.com
  6. Greenhorn, greenhorn: Wordnik
  7. greenhorn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Greenhorn, greenhorn: Wiktionary
  9. greenhorn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. greenhorn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. greenhorn: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Greenhorn, greenhorn: Dictionary.com
  13. greenhorn: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Greenhorn (slang), Greenhorn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Greenhorn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. greenhorn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. greenhorn: Rhymezone
  18. Greenhorn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. greenhorn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. GREENHORN: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. Greenhorn: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. Greenhorn: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. greenhorn: FreeDictionary.org
  24. greenhorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Greenhorn: The Word Detective
  26. greenhorn: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. greenhorn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greenhorn: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agate Lexicon (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Greenhorn (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. greenhorn, greenhorn: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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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.

Similar:
rookie, Cub, greenie, freshling, freshman, newbie, tenderfoot, green hand, newb, greenhornism, more...

Opposite:
veteran, old-timer, pro

Types:
novice, amateur, beginner, tyro, tenderfoot, more...

Phrases:
gaming greenhorn, initiate greenhorn, more...

Adjectives:
young, such, little, real, complete, poor, old, regular, veriest, perfect, ignorant

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Similar:
rookie, Cub, greenie, freshling, freshman, newbie, tenderfoot, green hand, newb, greenhornism, more...

Opposite:
veteran, old-timer, pro

Types:
novice, amateur, beginner, tyro, tenderfoot, more...

Phrases:
gaming greenhorn, initiate greenhorn, more...

Adjectives:
young, such, little, real, complete, poor, old, regular, veriest, perfect, ignorant



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