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tiro

tiro is the alternative spelling of tyro.

Meaning of tyro

Noun

tyro (plural tyros or tyroes)

  1. A beginner; a novice.
    • I had propos'd to conclude this Inſtitution vvith a Catalogue (by vvay of Specimen) of both Antient Greek and Roman Medals, for the Eaſe and Benefit of Tyros, and ſuch as are not yet accuſtomed, and ſo ready to Decipher their Inſcriptions after the Method of Monſieur Baudelot [Charles César...1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Mints, and of the Most Skilful Artists, Authors, Collectors and Collections: How to Methodize and Dispose of Medals for the Cabinet and Library, with Some Reflections on the...

Proper noun capitalized: Tiro

Tiro

  1. A Niger-Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.

Forms of tiro

Noun
pluraltiros
pluraltiroes
Proper noun
alternative formThiro
alternative formTira

Questions about tiro

What does tiro mean?
Tiro means a Niger-Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.
What is tiro the alternative spelling of?
Tiro is the alternative spelling of tyro.
What part of speech is tiro?
Tiro is a proper noun.

Words near tiro in the dictionary

  1. tirling
  2. tirls
  3. tirma
  4. tirmas
  5. Tirnavos
  6. tiro
  7. tirocinium
  8. tirodite
  9. tiroes
  10. tirofiban
  11. tirokafteri

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tiro (page history and authors); Tiro (page history and authors); tyro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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