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Definition of Greenhorn
1. Noun. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
Definition of Greenhorn
1. n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.
Definition of Greenhorn
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) an inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greenhorn
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenhorn
Literary usage of Greenhorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Do I look like a greenhorn f Credulity and wonderment are moet pronounced in the
uyc. ... Facetiously applied to a greenhorn, thot is, one from the verdant ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The McLaughlins admitted that they were having a jollification over a greenhorn
from Ireland, but denied the oyster ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Once in a while a greenhorn gets taken in ; but —Mr. Wade of Ohio, US Senate,
March 15: Cong. Globe, the great mass of the people will not be taken in by ..."
4. Guidebook of the Western United States by Joseph Silas Diller (1915)
"Below the limestone caps are slopes of shale (Carlile) to a wooded bench of
greenhorn limestone. Dakota sandstone forms foreground. ..."
5. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Richard Stockton (1898)
"Chapter XXIV A greenhorn under the Black Flag EARLY in the eighteenth century
there lived at Bridgetown, in the island of Barbadoes, a very pleasant, ..."
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