- greenhorn
- GreenhornA greenhorn or someone who is described simply as green lacks the relevant experience and knowledge for their job or task
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Greenhorn — Greenhorn, CA U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 146 Housing Units (2000): 84 Land area (2000): 6.721582 sq. miles (17.408817 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.721582… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Greenhorn — is slang for an inexperienced person.Greenhorn can also refer to: * Greenhorn, California, United States * Greenhorn, Oregon, United States * The Greenhornes, a rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio … Wikipedia
Greenhorn, CA — U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 146 Housing Units (2000): 84 Land area (2000): 6.721582 sq. miles (17.408817 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.721582 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Greenhorn, OR — U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 0 Housing Units (2000): 7 Land area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.100683 sq. miles (0.260768 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Greenhorn — bezeichnet: englisch einen Neuling Greenhorn (Film), US amerikanischer Western von Dick Richards Siehe auch: The Greenhornes Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Un … Deutsch Wikipedia
Greenhorn — Green horn , n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Greenhorn — Greenhorn,das:⇨Grünschnabel … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
Greenhorn — Greenhorn(englausgesprochen)n Dummer,Unerfahrener,Vorwitziger.MeintinderenglJägersprachedasBastgehörnjungerRehböckeundHirsche.Vgl»⇨grün1u.9«sowiedieWendung»sichdie⇨Hörnerabstoßen«.Um1900ausEnglandübernommen … Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache
greenhorn — mid 15c., “young horned animal,” from GREEN (Cf. green) in sense of “new, fresh, recent” + HORN (Cf. horn). Applied to new soldiers from c.1650; extended to any inexperienced person by 1680s … Etymology dictionary
greenhorn — [n] inexperienced person amateur, apprentice, babe*, beginner, colt*, hayseed*, ingénue, learner, naif, neophyte, newcomer, new hand, novice, recruit, rube*, simpleton, tenderfoot*, tyro*, virgin; concept 423 Ant. expert, professional … New thesaurus
