novice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: novice	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for novice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
novice n someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows Synonym(s): novitiate, novice someone new to a field or activity Synonym(s): novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Novice \Nov"ice\, a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Novice \Nov"ice\, n. [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See {New}, and cf. {Novitious}.] 1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. --Dryden. 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6. 3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. --Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. --Chaucer.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Novice, TX (city, FIPS 52668) Location: 31.98746 N, 99.62494 W Population (1990): 183 (101 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79538