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Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
- I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.
- 2
Someone who sets something in motion.
- The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
- 3
An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
- On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]
syn. amateur · newbie · abecedarian · alphabetarian · apprentice · beginner · bun · colt · first-timer · fledgling · FNG · fresh meat
ant. campaigner · cognoscente · connoisseur · expert · journeyman · knowbie · master · maven