Main Entry:
    ty·ro 
Pronunciation:
    \ˈtī-(ˌ)rō\
Function:
    noun
Inflected Form(s):
    plural tyros

Etymology:
    Medieval Latin, from Latin tiro young soldier, tyro
Date:
    1587

: a beginner in learning : novice
1. Tyro  - someone new to a field or activity 
beginner, initiate,, novice
It's difficult to imagine a tyro publishing a book on medical procedures or economic theory.
-- Philip Zaleski, "God Help the Spiritual Writer", New York Times, January 10, 1999

He was a sensitive, fine soul alert to the pleasures of being green, a tyro, an amateur, unwilling to close his mind before it had been tempted.
-- Paul West, Sporting With Amaryllis

And, though we were mere tyros, beginners, utterly insignificant, he was invariably as kind and considerate and thoughtful, and as lavish in the gift of his time, as though he had nothing else to do.
-- Leonard Warren, Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything