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greenhorns

greenhorns is the plural of greenhorn.

Meaning of greenhorn

Noun

greenhorn (plural greenhorns)

  1. (US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer.
    • The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267
  2. (ethnic, offensive, slur, chiefly Massachusetts) A Portuguese person.
    • She lives in New Bedford, and her dad's not around much and her mum calls her boyfriend a Portagee, a fuckin' greenhorn,1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37

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Questions about greenhorns

What is greenhorns the plural of?
Greenhorns is the plural of greenhorn.

Words near greenhorns in the dictionary

  1. greenhood
  2. greenhoods
  3. greenhorn
  4. greenhornish
  5. greenhornism
  6. greenhorns
  7. greenhouse
  8. greenhouse bug
  9. greenhouse bugs
  10. greenhouse cockpit
  11. greenhouse cockpits

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