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rookie

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rook⋅ie

  [rook-ee]
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–noun
1. an athlete playing his or her first season as a member of a professional sports team: The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
2. a raw recruit, as in the army or on a police force.
3. a novice; tyro.
Origin:
1890–95; alter. of recruit; see -y 2
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rook·ie   (rŏŏk'ē)   
n.  

  1. Slang

    1. An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.

    2. An inexperienced person; a novice.

  2. Sports A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.


[Perhaps alteration of recruit.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
rookie [ˈrʊki]

and rooky
  1. n.
    a person new at something; a neophyte, especially a police officer or a ballplayer. : The rookie tackled the old-time player and earned a lot of cheering and applause.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rookie 
1892, "raw recruit," originally in Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads, perhaps from recruit, influenced by rook (1) in its secondary sense, suggesting "easy to cheat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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