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green⋅horn

  [green-hawrn]
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–noun
1. an untrained or inexperienced person.
2. a naive or gullible person; someone who is easily tricked or swindled.
3. Slang. a newly arrived immigrant; newcomer.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see green, horn; orig. applied to cattle with green (i.e., young) horns

Related forms:
greenhornism, noun
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