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Today's Word "tyro"
"There could be no doubt in anyone's mind: this young man was a tyro, sent here for some mysterious reason but certainly not to gain any new information." -- Ian Rankin, 'Witch Hunt: A Novel'
Tyro is from Latin tiro, "a young soldier, a recruit," hence "a beginner, a learner."
This news arrived on: 08/04/2008
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