Definition of Rookie

1. Noun. An awkward and inexperienced youth.

Exact synonyms: Cub, Greenhorn
Generic synonyms: Beginner, Initiate, Novice, Tiro, Tyro

Definition of Rookie

1. Noun. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces. ¹

2. Noun. A novice. ¹

3. 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. ¹

4. Noun. (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks. ¹

5. Adjective. non-professional; amateur ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rookie

1. a novice [n -S] - See also: novice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rookie

rooftops
rooftree
rooftrees
roofward
roofy
rooibos
rooigras
rooikat
rooinek
rooineks
rook
rooke
rooked
rookeries
rookery
rookie (current term)
rookielike
rookier
rookies
rookiest
rooking
rookish
rooklike
rooks
rooky
roolie
room
room-temperature
room access
room and board

Literary usage of Rookie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"... AND rookie '"THE following are a few tricks played on recruits, so remember and avoid them, but if you get stuck on one which is not mentioned here, ..."

2. Heroes of the Argonne: An Authentic History of the Thirty-fifth Division by Charles B. Hoyt (1919)
"... of the Argonne I THE rookie DAYS The workshop of peace days shaped and produced the National Guard of Kansas and Missouri. The demands of war took it, ..."

3. Six Years' Travels in Russia by Mary Ann Pellew Smith (1859)
"... rookie—Road Planned by Peter the Great—Palace of the Empress Elizabeth—Alarming Conduct of the Post ..."

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