Latin

Noun

Tyrō

1. dative of Tyrus
2. ablative of Tyrus

References

• Tyro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Tyro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tyro f

1. Obsolete spelling of Tiro

English

Alternative forms

• tiro

Noun

tyro ‎(plural tyros or tyroes)

1. A beginner; a novice. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 171:

     Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away [...].

   • Mary Shelley,The Last Man

     I ask if in the calm of their measured reveries, if in the deep meditations which fill their hours, they fill the ecstasy of a youthful tyro in the school of pleasure.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:beginner

Related terms

• tyrociny
• tirocinium

Translations

Anagrams

• ryot
• tory, Tory
• troy, Troy

References

• "tyro" in the Online Etymology Dictionary