rookie
- Noun. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
- Noun. A novice.
- Noun. An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
- Noun. (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
- Adjective. non-professional; amateur.
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