Tȳ'rō, n.
n.; pl. Tȳ'rōs. [Written also tiro.] [Lat. tiro, a newly-levied soldier, a beginner, Fr. tyron, Sp. tiron, It. tirone.]
Sense 1. A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a novitiate.
Sense 2. Hence, a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject.